Steptoe & Son (1972) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1972 · 98 mins · English

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Directed by

Cliff Owen

Starring

Carolyn Seymour, Wilfrid Brambell, George Oliver, Fred Griffiths, Mike Reid, Lon Satton

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold run a rag‑and‑bone business, travelling the neighbourhood in a horse‑drawn cart from their junkyard home. Harold, drawn to the West End’s bright lights, meets a stripper, marries her and brings her home. Albert, enraged by the new bride, uses every trick to drive her away, his desperate, often absurd schemes turning their cramped junkyard house into a comic battlefield of wits.