The Curse of Steptoe (2008)

The Curse of Steptoe (2008)

2008-03-18 United Kingdom 67 Min. PG-13
6.7 6 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Jason Isaacs is Harry H Corbett
Harry H Corbett
Phil Davis is Wilfrid Brambell
Wilfrid Brambell
Roger Allam is Tom Sloan
Tom Sloan
Clare Higgins is Joan Littlewood
Joan Littlewood
Burn Gorman is Ray Galton
Ray Galton
Rory Kinnear is Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson
Sophie Hunter is Maureen Corbett
Maureen Corbett
Zoë Tapper is Sheila Steafel
Sheila Steafel