Steptoe And Son / Steptoe And Son Ride Again
This double bill features the movie spin-offs from the hugely popular television series revolving around a father and son team in the rag-and-bone trade. In STEPTOE & SON, Albert goes to great lengths to get rid of son Harold's new bride, a stripper called Zita. But when Zita falls pregnant, Harold is going to have to choose .. Read more
| Starring | Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Carolyn Seymour, Diana Dors |
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| Director | Cliff Owen, Peter Sykes |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Steptoe And Son / Steptoe And Son Ride Again
This double bill features the movie spin-offs from the hugely popular television series revolving around a father and son team in the rag-and-bone trade. In STEPTOE & SON, Albert goes to great lengths to get rid of son Harold's new bride, a stripper called Zita. But when Zita falls pregnant, Harold is going to have to choose between the two of them. In the following year's STEPTOE & SON RIDE AGAIN, Harold buys a greyhound from a local criminal. The dog loses its first race and Harold-- with his debts mounting--hits upon a cunning plan to claim his father's life insurance. He just needs to convince the company that Albert is dead!
| Starring | Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Carolyn Seymour, Diana Dors, Milo O'Shea |
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| Director | Cliff Owen, Peter Sykes |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 3 hrs 8 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 04 Aug 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (2)
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This second movie featuring the nation's favourite junkmen is very much a rags-and-bones affair, with the material stretched to fraying point to justify the running time. Apart from the unnecessary crudeness of its humour, the main problem here is the dilution of the intense, disappointed fondness that made the pair's TV relationship so engaging, in order to squeeze in a handful of sketchily drawn characters whose sole purpose is to lend the action a big-picture feel. Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett spark occasionally, but Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's weak script finally gets the better of them.
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Dim, coarse comedy that long overstays its welcome.
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Classic Stuff
Ok they're not as good as some episodes from the tv series but, if you like Steptoe & Son you'll love this double feature
Steptoe & Son- Harold meets a stripper at a local do, falls in love , marries & heads off to Spain on honeymoon - with Albert in toe....with the usual results
Steptoe & Son Ride Again - Hercules the horse is ready for the knackers yard so Harold goes off with the life savings to buy a new horse. unfortunately he meest local hood Frankie Barrow who sells him a Greyhound. The film follows the Steptoes trying to train the greyhound to win their money back.
If you like Steptoe & Son then you'll like this - a throwback to an era when humour was less PC than it is today...which is no bad thing in my book -
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Timeless good old comedies
Why are they not making comedies like this any more?I am in my late 30s and do not think I am alone in the opinion that most of todays comedy films are not at all funny.These films are a slice of british humour at its best, maybe not as funny as some of the televised episodes , but still fantastic and very funny.
Its so nice to look back again and again these classic films. -
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Steptoe And Son / Steptoe And Son Ride Again
This double bill features the movie spin-offs from the hugely popular television series revolving around a father and son team in the rag-and-bone trade. In STEPTOE & SON, Albert goes to great lengths to get rid of son Harold's new bride, a stripper called Zita. But when Zita falls pregnant, Harold ...
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