The Curse of Steptoe 2008

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Drama

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.

Homepage http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009hp17
Release Date 2008-03-18
Runtime 1h 7m
Director Michael Samuels
Producer
Writer Brian Fillis