(The Curse of Steptoe)

Content: In the early 1960s aspiring stage actor Harry H. Corbett jumps at the chance to play junk-dealer Harold Steptoe in a television comedy show 'Steptoe and Son'. However, the show's success proves to be a poisoned chalice for him, type-casting him and thwarting his stage ambitions. Wilfrid Brambell, the actor playing his father, is marginalized in a different way. He is a gay man in an England where homosexuality is still illegal.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Drama,

TV Movie

Runtime:

67 minutes

Year:

2008

Directors:

Michael Samuels

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Production companies:

BBC

Actors:

Harry H Corbett

Wilfrid Brambell

Tom Sloan

Joan Littlewood

Ray Galton

Crews:

Director

Writer