Released:
2008-03-18

Overview:
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

Runtime:
1h 7min

Genre:
Drama, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Jason Isaacs
  as
  Harry H Corbett
• 
  Phil Davis
  as
  Wilfrid Brambell
• 
  Roger Allam
  as
  Tom Sloan
• 
  Clare Higgins
  as
  Joan Littlewood
• 
  Burn Gorman
  as
  Ray Galton