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

Harold Steptoe

Woman in Flat

Dr. Popplewell

Lennie

George

Percy

Claude

Freda

Rita
Claude's Wife
Frankie Barrow

Vicar

Mr. Russell

Butcher

Barrow's Crony
Woman with Carrot
Lady in Butcher's Shop

Doctor
Nurse
Fred
Vet

Dolly Bird
Boy
Chicken Man (uncredited)

Man at Greyhound Race (uncredited)
Undertaker (uncredited)
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Corpse (uncredited)
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Small Boy (uncredited)

Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Woman at House (uncredited)

Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Mourner (uncredited)
Barrow's Crony (uncredited)
Mourner (uncredited)
Funeral Guest (uncredited)

Man in Park (uncredited)
Mourner (uncredited)