The Curse of Steptoe

(2008)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 8 votes

Genres: Drama, телевизионный фильм

Year: 2008

Runtime: 67 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Michael Samuels

Cast: Джейсон Айзекс, Фил Дэвис, Роджер Аллам, Клэр Хиггинс, Берн Горман, Рори Киннир, Sophie Hunter, Zoë Tapper

Plot

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.