Steptoe & Son Ride Again

May 1, 1973

1h 39m

★ 6.7

The old man didn't die laughing, but you will.

Overview

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life savings in a greyhound who is almost blind and can't see the hare. When the dog loses a race and Harold has to pay off the debt, he comes up with another bright idea. Collect his father's life insurance. To do this his father must pretend to be dead.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Anglo-EMI

Associated London Films

Steptoe & Son Ride Again Trailers

Cast

Steptoe / Albert

Wilfrid Brambell

Son / Harold

Harry H. Corbett

Woman in Flat

Diana Dors

George

Bill Maynard

Doctor Popplewell

Milo O’Shea

Lennie

Neil McCarthy

Percy

George Tovey

Claude

Sam Kydd

Freda

Yootha Joyce

Percy's Wife

Olga Lowe

Claude's Wife

Joyce Hemson

Frankie Barrow

Henry Woolf

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