Steptoe & Son

1972

Action / Comedy / Romance

6
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 1950 2K

son marriage dark comedy father stripper love

Plot summary

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live together at the junk yard. Harold, who likes the bright lights in the West End of London, meets a stripper, marries her and takes her home. Albert is furious and tries every trick he knows to drive the new bride from his household.

Director

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Cliff Owen

Top cast

Barrie Ingham Photo
Barrie Ingham as Terry
Harry Fielder Photo
Harry Fielder as Man at Strip Club
Alec Mango Photo
Alec Mango as Hotel Doctor
Wilfrid Brambell Photo
Wilfrid Brambell as Albert Steptoe
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890.76 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 2
1.61 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   hr   cz   dk   nl   fi   gr   hu   it   no   pt   ro   ru   es   sv  
24 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ygwerin1 7 / 10

"Arold!"

Just rewatched this film on the Talking Pictures TV channel for the umpteenth time, and yet can't help but do it. Especially when there is naff all else on the box, even though I have the movie on DVD and can see if any time.The TV episodes being barely thirty minutes long the stories, are necessarily structured to fit the time slot.Unlike what may be considered more typical comedy sitcoms, these are formed more in the manner of short plays. The shows writers deliberately wanted that to be the case, they didn't want comics for the principal characters. No they wanted actors, who were used to that form of discipline. And were more than capable of handling a wider range, of emotions than in a straightforward sitcom.All of this is relevant to the characters dynamics of father and son, in the intensely claustrophobic environs of their home and work environment.I really cannot imagine any comic managing to handle more than one emotion at a time, especially not consecutively.I watched all of the shows both monochrome and the latter colour ones, it was a comedic staple of my evening TV entertainment.Part of what has always appealed to me is the natural dynamic friction, between Albert and Harold.I enjoy watching both TV show and films however many times that is, and for a long time simply lapped up the comedy.It took me quite a while before I finally started thinking, about the characters in rather more detail.The more I did the less the comedy sufficed or more accurately was viewed, from a slightly different perspective.I came to actually see the characters through my own eyes from where I was in my own life, resenting the dad and bemoaning what a pillock the son was.Reading other reviews I see people bemoaning the film because its drearier than the TV show, that can easily be understood and explained.That's only because the movie's longer timeframe allows, for greater character development. And they are seen through a wider prism, of the world around them.
Reviewed by Captain_Couth 7 / 10

The first of the two Steptoe and Son movies.

Steptoe and Son (1972) was a feature length movie featuring the two leads of the popular English television series. The plot deals with Harold falling for a "scrubber". Albert in his cruel and crude ways can see the marriage will never work, can Harold and his new bride work things out or will his mean old man ruin his plans for a happy family life?The first film is a lot like the television series, a mixture of melodrama and comedy. A tad uneven in some places but it's very enjoyable. The second film is more of a farcical comedy and it's more accessible to non-fans of this brilliant television series.Highly recommended for fans of the t.v. series and for people who want to take a peek at the original "Sanford and Son".
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