Steptoe and Son Ride Again

Infobox Film
name = Steptoe and Son Ride Again


producer = Aida Young
director = Peter Sykes
writer = Ray Galton
Alan Simpson
starring = Wilfrid Brambell
Harry H. Corbett
music = Roy Budd
Jack Fishman
Ron Grainer
cinematography = John Wilcox
editing = Bernard Gribble
distributor = MGM
EMI
released = 1973
runtime = 99 min.
language = English
followed_by = None
imdb_id = 0070734

"Steptoe and Son Ride Again" is the 1973 sequel to the 1972 film "Steptoe and Son". Again the film starred Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett.

Plot

The Steptoes have retired their horse and plan on buying a new one the Albert's life savings of £80, putting £9 away for "a rainy day". Albert is forced to go home, Harold returns several hours later drunk and introduces Hercules the Second, a blind greyhound. Harold reveals to Albert that he paid £200 on the dog and plan to pay a small fortune to keep it fed on egg and steak.

They eventually have to sell all of their possessions to have one final bet on the dog at the races. When the dog they bet on loses, they just about lose hope when Albert brings up that he had saved £1000 in life insurance. Harold then schemes to get the money from his father. They find an old mannequin among their collection of junk and fit it around Albert's body. They then call in a doctor who fortunately is drunk at the time. He makes the announcement that Albert has died so Harold brings home a coffin that he has been saving for the inevitable day that his father would actually die.

The next day some old friends of Albert's come to visit and pay their respects to Albert. They announce that they have arranged a funeral for him and this isn't good news for either of the Steptoes. At one point one of Albert's friends ask if he could look at him one last time. Knowing that the coffin is actually full of scrap metal, Harold makes the excuse that his father's face is all distorted because of a difficult visit to the lavatory which is what caused him to die.

Later on, an entire army of mourners come to the Steptoe household. Along with them, Mr. Russell from the insurance company enters. Harold meets with him only to find out that all of the insurance money is to go to a lover that Albert met during the war. Harold asks why he didn't cancel the insurance plan and Albert's only excuse is "I forgot". Harold then has the idea of bringing Albert back to life. However once inside the coffin, Albert falls into a deep sleep and nothing seems to wake him up. Harold tries to wake him several times during the journey to the cemetery, however on the way he is hit in the head with the back door of a removal truck. They decide to take Harold to the hospital and carry on to the funeral without him. At the hospital Harold runs away and gets a taxi to the cemetery.

There, Harold accidentally smashes into a tomb and whilst being buried Albert finally wakes up and frightens everyone away. The vicar runs away and meets Harold looking like he himself is one of the undead. Back home, Albert withdraws the insurance plan and receives £860. They pay off their debt and buy a new horse with new riding equipment but to Albert's horror, Harold invested the rest of the money in a part share of a race horse. He discovers that his partner is called H. M. Queen...

Cast

* Wilfrid Brambell .... Albert Steptoe
* Harry H. Corbett .... Harold Steptoe
* Diana Dors .... Woman in Flat
* Milo O'Shea .... Dr. Popplewell
* Neil McCarthy .... Lennie
* Bill Maynard .... George
* Yootha Joyce .... Lennie's Wife
* George Tovey .... Percy
* Sam Kydd .... Claude
* Henry Woolf .... Frankie Barrow
* Geoffrey Bayldon .... Vicar
* Frank Thornton .... Mr. Russell

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