The Curse of Steptoe

Top 8 Billed Cast

Jason Isaacs
Jason Isaacs

Harry H Corbett

Phil Davis
Phil Davis

Wilfrid Brambell

Roger Allam
Roger Allam

Tom Sloan

Clare Higgins
Clare Higgins

Joan Littlewood

Burn Gorman
Burn Gorman

Ray Galton

Rory Kinnear
Rory Kinnear

Alan Simpson

Sophie Hunter
Sophie Hunter

Maureen Corbett

Zoë Tapper
Zoë Tapper

Sheila Steafel

Loading Trailer Videos...
  • HomePage

    The Curse of Steptoe

  • 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.

  • Release Date

    2008-03-18

  • Average

    5.75

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
  • Tagline

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

Similar Movies

Pale Rider
72%

Pale Rider(en)

1985-06-28

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

Underground
68%

Underground(fr)

2021-06-04

Maxime is a young Valdorian who works in a gold mine. As he experiences several difficulties as he goes through life, he will question his definition of masculinity. It's with the help of the tightly knit brotherhood of colleagues in the mine that he will find the necessary support to overcome a feeling of stubborn guilt which prevents him from achieving happiness. Until the day an explosion breaks out underground. As part of the rescue mission, Maxime descends into the mine lair with the firm intention of bringing each of his colleagues back to the surface alive.

Breakfast with Scot
62%

Breakfast with Scot(en)

2007-11-16

The lives of Eric, an ex hockey player, and his partner Sam, are thrown into turmoil when they are forced to take in Scot, a flamboyant 11-year-old.

Mulligans
62%

Mulligans(en)

2008-05-18

When Tyler Davidson brings his college buddy Chase home for the summer holidays a secret is revealed that threatens to tear his perfect family apart.

Hunger! Or: Foggy Recollections from the Childhood of Adam Veneer (as mediated by Dr. Tanya Connoway, PsyD)
0%

Hunger! Or: Foggy Recollections from the Childhood of Adam Veneer (as mediated by Dr. Tanya Connoway, PsyD)(en)

2022-11-29

When closeted 16-year-old Adam Veneer us forbidden to ear a cake by his fitness-freak hyper-masculine father, he decides to steal a piece in the middle of the night -- inadvertently discovering a secret about his father that will change their relationship forever.

Maurice
76%

Maurice(en)

1987-09-18

After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

Old Wounds
0%

Old Wounds(sq)

1969-05-22

An old man refuses to undergo an operation in the hospital because he does not trust the abilities of the female surgeon.

Yesterday
74%

Yesterday(zu)

2004-09-03

After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.

The Stranger in Town
0%

The Stranger in Town(tr)

1963-09-23

A young engineer Aydin comes back to his hometown after years of education as a mining engineer in London. Selami, the owner of a local wood company, paid for Aydin's tuition and expenses. Selami has been the employer of Aydin's father in the past and he acts like an elder brother for Aydin, offers him to stay in his house. Aydin starts to work as the chief engineer in one of the mining companies. From the first day onwards Aydin opposes the mining practices imposed by Rahmi Bey, the owner of the company. He orders to stop mining and deals with the wood sellers who sell low-quality wood used to support the thrusts in the mines.

Brokeback Mountain
78%

Brokeback Mountain(en)

2005-10-22

In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

Platoon
77%

Platoon(en)

1986-12-19

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Wild Reeds
70%

Wild Reeds(fr)

1994-06-01

As the Algerian War draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges for two of his classmates: a country boy, and a French-Algerian intellectual.

Son of a Gun
64%

Son of a Gun(en)

2014-10-16

Locked up for a minor crime, 19 year old JR quickly learns the harsh realities of prison life. Protection, if you can get it, is paramount. JR soon finds himself under the watchful eye of Australia's most notorious criminal, Brendan Lynch, but protection comes at a price.

Make the Yuletide Gay
61%

Make the Yuletide Gay(en)

2009-11-01

The holidays get overly festive as Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his parents. But when his boyfriend, Nathan, shows up at their doorstep unannounced, Gunn must put on a charade to keep the relationship a secret. With pressure mounting from all sides, will Gunn come out before the truth does?

Lost Everything
30%

Lost Everything(en)

2010-11-01

A gay movie star struggles to stay in the closet, an art dealer fends off her abusive ex, and a televangelist plots to force his gay son into conversion therapy. Little do they know, their lives are about to converge on a deadly collision course.

Drown
55%

Drown(en)

2015-03-04

Len is a Surf Lifesaving champion, a legend in the cloistered surf club just like his father. When the younger, faster, and fitter Phil arrives at the club, Len’s legendary status starts to crumble. Then Len sees Phil arriving in the company of another man. Phil is gay.

More American Graffiti
52%

More American Graffiti(en)

1979-08-03

College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.

Billy Elliot: The Musical Live
81%

Billy Elliot: The Musical Live(en)

2014-09-28

In County Durham, England, 1984, a talented young dancer, Billy Elliot, stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family’s set ways, inner conflict, and standing on his toes in a musical that questions masculinity, gender norms and conformity.

The Onion Field
60%

The Onion Field(en)

1979-09-09

An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted by overwhelming survivor's guilt.

Coming Out
65%

Coming Out(de)

1989-11-09

Philipp, a closeted teacher, is dating a female colleague to keep up appearances. One night he stumbles into a gay bar and falls for a man. Transformed by this love, he is no longer afraid to face up to who he is.

Recommendations Movies

Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda
85%

Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda(en)

2014-12-23

In the middle of a broadcast about Typhoon Yolanda's initial impact, reporter Jiggy Manicad was faced with the reality that he no longer had communication with his station. They were, for all intents and purposes, stranded in Tacloban. With little option, and his crew started the six hour walk to Alto, where the closest broadcast antenna was to be found. Letting the world know what was happening to was a priority, but they were driven by the need to let their families and friends know they were all still alive. Along the way, they encountered residents and victims of the massive typhoon, and with each step it became increasingly clear just how devastating this storm was. This was a storm that was going to change lives.

Jean Painlevé Through His Films
60%

Jean Painlevé Through His Films(fr)

1989-01-01

This documentary about the life and work of filmmaker Jean Painlevé was originally presented in eight parts on French television. It was edited to remove duplicated material from its original length of 240 minutes.

The Film
68%

The Film(tr)

2021-02-12

The film follows The Director, a young and talented storyteller who starts to hear sounds from a reality that is not his own.

Film
68%

Film(en)

1967-07-12

Before the three feature films, Mario Schifano directs the camera towards the people around him to create real film diaries. His friends, his time partner and the artists he frequented are portrayed in their everyday life or object of the mechanical gaze of the camera, a filter through which to look at the outside world.

Box
50%

Box(en)

A group of friends try to defeat an evil king, and meet some quirky characters along the way.

Film
72%

Film(en)

2012-10-01

"This piece, with the generic title Film, is a series of short videos built around one protocol: a snippet of news from a newspaper of the day, is rolled up and then placed on a black-inked surface. On making contact with the liquid, the roll opens and of Its own accord frees itself of the gesture that fashioned it. As it comes alive in this way, the sliver of paper reveals Its hitherto unexposed content; this unpredictable kinematics is evidence of the constant impermanence of news. As well as exploring a certain archaeology of cinema, the mechanism references the passage of time: the ink, whether it is poured or printed, is the ink of ongoing human history." –Ismaïl Bahri

Perfect
38%

Perfect(en)

2013-06-14

The perfect killing machine is reprogrammed to think and feel.

China: The Uighur Tragedy
60%

China: The Uighur Tragedy(fr)

2022-02-01

A relentless chronicle of the tragedy of the Uighurs, an ethnic minority of some eleven million people who live in the Xinjiang region of northwest China, speak a Turkic language and practice the Muslim religion. The Uighurs suffer brutal cultural and political oppression by Xin Jinping's tyrannical government: torture, disappearances, forced labor, re-education of children and adults, mass sterilizations, extensive surveillance and destruction of historical heritage.

Rewind 2: 1996
38%

Rewind 2: 1996(en)

2022-12-23

When Marty's car is stolen, he sets out on a mission to find it; however, he soon realizes that the person who stole it is much more dangerous than he thinks.

Older Gods
62%

Older Gods(en)

2023-03-01

After the disappearance of his troubled friend, American Chris Rivers travels to the remote Welsh countryside to investigate what happened – leading him to a dark apocalyptic cult.

Jigen Daisuke
67%

Jigen Daisuke(ja)

2023-10-12

Feeling unhappy with his gun, Jigen is looking for the world’s best gunsmith. He finally finds out that Chiharu, who runs a watch shop, is the person he’s been seeking. Then, Jigen meets Oto, who comes to Chiharu’s shop looking for a gun. Jigen finds out about Oto's secrets and the mysterious organization that’s after her. After Oto is kidnapped, Jigen gets into a desperate battle to save her.

De Vliegende Panters: The Big Three
80%

De Vliegende Panters: The Big Three(nl)

2004-05-05

Stage registration of the third comedy special (2002-2004) by the Dutch comedy troupe De Vliegende Panters (The Flying Panters). The show consists of songs and sketches on various topics such as James Bond, Hamlet, Shakespeare and Thyestes.

Gun the Man Down
64%

Gun the Man Down(en)

1956-11-15

An outlaw is left for dead by his gang after being shot. A year later, he is released from jail with one thing on his mind: Revenge.

The End of 'Saturn'
38%

The End of 'Saturn'(ru)

1967-05-10

A second part of story about a Soviet spies trying to infiltrate German Intelligence center "Saturn" during and after the WWII.

(NULL)
81%

(NULL)(xx)

2013-01-01

An unknown girl breaks out of her daily grind by undergoing an intense audio-visual trip.

Where The Street Ends
50%

Where The Street Ends(de)

2014-05-02

Being a taxi driver in Berlin requires Theo to be a lot of things: Service provider, listener, city guide, and entertainer. In five exemplary episodes this film tells a bizarrely tragic and hilarious story of his customers during his night shifts, and how Theo recovers a long missing piece of magic in his life.

NULL
92%

NULL(en)

2021-05-21

A hitman is tasked to take out ex-mobsters when he suddenly hears a voice that questions his morality.

The Big Boss: Return to Thailand
100%

The Big Boss: Return to Thailand(en)

2023-07-19

Film Director Matt Routledge presents and narrates this 'Then and Now' documentary on Bruce Lee's first feature film 'The Big Boss', featuring new interviews and eye witness reports of the original filming.