The Curse of Steptoe (5.8)

Movie · 2008 · 1 h 07 min · Drama, TV Movie

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.

Directed by: Michael Samuels

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

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