| Steptoe and Son | |
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| Directed by | Cliff Owen |
| Written by | Ray Galton Alan Simpson |
| Produced by | Aida Young |
| Starring | Wilfrid Brambell Harry H. Corbett Carolyn Seymour |
| Cinematography | John Wilcox |
| Edited by | Bernard Gribble |
| Music by | Roy Budd Jack Fishman Ron Grainer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | MGM-EMI Film Distributors |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £100,000[1][2] or £178,000[3] |
| Box office | £500,000[4] |
Steptoe and Son (also known as Steptoe & Son) is a 1972 British comedy drama film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett.[5] It was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The film centres on a flashback to about four years earlier detailing Harold's short-lived marriage to Zita, a stripper.
The film was a spin-off from the BBC television comedy series of the same name (1962–1974) about father-and-son rag-and-bone merchants. A sequel, Steptoe and Son Ride Again, was released in 1973.[6]
- ^ Alexander Walker, National Heroes: British Cinema in the Seventies and Eighties, Harrap, 1985 p 114
- ^ NAT KING COHEN: To the cinema-going public he is the name at the start of the credits, But to the industry he is a dominant force in production, dustribution, and exhibition Murari, Tim. The Guardian (1959-2003) 17 November 1973: 9.
- ^ Oakes, Philip (20 August 1972). "Digging for TV Treasure". The Sunday Times. No. 7784. p. 38.
- ^ Ooh, you are awful, film men tell Tories. David Blundy. The Sunday Times (London, England), Sunday, 16 December 1973; p. 5; Issue 7853. (939 words) – this article Cohen says the budget was £200,000.
- ^ "Steptoe and Son". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973)". Archived from the original on 7 February 2017.