The Curse of Steptoe (2008)
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.
Director: Michael Samuels
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Jason Isaacs as Harry H Corbett |
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Phil Davis as Wilfrid Brambell |
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Roger Allam as Tom Sloan |
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Clare Higgins as Joan Littlewood |
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Burn Gorman as Ray Galton |
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Rory Kinnear as Alan Simpson |
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Sophie Hunter as Maureen Corbett |
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Zoë Tapper as Sheila Steafel |
| Writing | Brian Fillis | Writer |
| Directing | Michael Samuels | Director |
