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Steptoe & Son (Original title)Steptoe and Son (Help search title)
Dates: 1972 (Copyright), 02 April 1972 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Cliff Owen

Synopsis: Adaptation from BBC television series about a son and his old father's love-hate relationship: Harold meets a strip-girl and manages to get married in spite of his father. On honeymoon in Spain his father who has followed the couple gets food poisoning and obliges his son to return with him to England, leaving his new wife who finds someone else.

Genre:
Comedy
Releases
Date: 1972Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 98 mins Length: 8834 FeetDialogue (original): English

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (5)
In: Films and Filming v18 n9 June 1972  Pages: 54-55
Title: [Films and Filming - v18 n9 June 1972: no known title]Language: English

In: Cinema TV Today n9973 25 Mar 1972  Page: 37
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n9973 25 Mar 1972: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v39 n459 April 1972  Page: 78
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v39 n459 April 1972: no known title]Language: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v218 n28 29 Oct 1971  Page: 9
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v218 n28 29 Oct 1971: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.

In: Today's Cinema n9947 12 Oct 1971  Page: 4
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9947 12 Oct 1971: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (4)
Title: British television: a reader
Author: BUSCOMBE, Edward  Pages: viii-xiii, 348p.

Title: Suet puddings and red pillar boxes: English national identity in 'Whatever happened to the likely lads?' and 'Steptoe and son'
Author: WICKHAM, Phil  Pages: 36p.
Description: Thesis submitted for the MA Degree in Film and Television Studies, University of Westminster. Unpublished document. May not be photocopied.

Title: best of Steptoe and Son
Author: GALTON, Ray  Pages: 176p.

Title: Steptoe and Son: four television scripts from the series
Author: GALTON, Ray  Pages: 103 p.
Description: Contains: The bond that binds us, The lead man cometh, The lodger, and Homes fit for heroes.