The Curse of Steptoe

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The Curse of Steptoe

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.

Date: 03/18/2008

Rating: 6.4

Cast: Jason Isaacs, Phil Davis, Roger Allam, Clare Higgins, Burn Gorman, Rory Kinnear, Sophie Hunter, Zoë Tapper

Jason Isaacs