S8.E4

The Seven Steptoerai

Name: The Seven Steptoerai
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1974-09-25
Duration: 28 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Harry H. Corbett, Wilfrid Brambell, Henry Woolf

Episode aired Sep 25, 1974
28m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

YOUR RATING

Wilfrid Brambell and Henry Woolf in Steptoe and Son (1962)

Comedy

Local gangster Frankie Barrow is running a protection racket and demands money from the Steptoes. Harold believes they need someone to defend them like in that film 'The Seven'... 'The Seven... Read allLocal gangster Frankie Barrow is running a protection racket and demands money from the Steptoes. Harold believes they need someone to defend them like in that film 'The Seven'... 'The Seven Year Itch?' suggests Albert. No, 'The Seven Samurai'. Albert assembles Shepherd's Bush's ... Read allLocal gangster Frankie Barrow is running a protection racket and demands money from the Steptoes. Harold believes they need someone to defend them like in that film 'The Seven'... 'The Seven Year Itch?' suggests Albert. No, 'The Seven Samurai'. Albert assembles Shepherd's Bush's own answer to the Seven Samurai. They might be ancient but they see off Barrow and his hea... Read all

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

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Harry H. Corbett

Harold Steptoe

Wilfrid Brambell

Albert Steptoe

Henry Woolf

Frankie Barrow

Gang Member
(as Dougie Robinson)

Marc Boyle

Tim Condren

Vic Armstrong

Aubrey Danvers-Walker

Pensioner

Ernest C. Jennings

Pensioner
(as Ernest Jennings)

David J. Grahame

Pensioner
(as David J. Graham)

Director
- Douglas Argent
Writers
- Ray Galton
- Alan Simpson
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Storyline

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Trivia
When Albert tells Harold not to do anything stupid, because he does not want his ear coming back to him, it was a reference to then-recent kidnapping of Jean Paul Getty's grandson being held for ransom. When Getty refused to pay the ransom, the kidnappers cut off his grandson's ear and sent it back.

Goofs
At around 2:17 in a scene in the yard, where Harold is making fun of Albert for being lazy, you can see a wall, painted on to cloth, flapping like a flag.

Quotes
Albert Steptoe: You can't rely on 'em round this way. It was bad enough during the War. We tried to form a Home Guard brigade. Two of us turned up: me and the butcher's wife.

Connections
References Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Soundtracks
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
(uncredited)
Music by Ron Goodwin
Lyrics by Ron Goodwin and Lorraine Williams
Performed by Harry H. Corbett

User reviews3

Featured review

6/10

Plays on the Kung fun craze of the time.

Steptoe and Son is a comedy of its time, but it has certainly aged well, my criticism of this episode is that it hasn't, it somehow feels a bit dated, the humour very much relates to the Kung Fu craze at the time. It's a bit silly, and a bit surreal, the show was always funny, but never stretched the imagination, this one asks you to suspend reality, it does make me chuckle, but it's clunky compared to the gems in this series.

I did like Frankie Barrow as a character, so good as the local bully, Henry Woolf was great in the role.

It's amusing, but definitely something of an oddity, not one I watch frequently. 6/10