Staircase
“A sad gay story”
An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police officer. The action takes place over the course of one night as they discuss their loving but often volatile past together and possible future without each other.
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Cast
15 people
Rex Harrison
Charles Dyer
Known for
My Fair Lady
Cleopatra
Richard Burton
Harry Leeds
Known for
Where Eagles Dare
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Cathleen Nesbitt
Harry's Mother
Known for
An Affair to Remember
The Parent Trap
Beatrix Lehmann
Charlie's Mother
Known for
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Stephen Lewis
Jack
Known for
Holiday on the Buses
Neil Wilson
Policeman
Known for
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
The Horror of Frankenstein
Gordon Heath
Postman
Known for
Money Money Money
The African
Avril Angers
Miss Ricard
Also in
Odd Man Out
The Family Way
Shelagh Fraser
Cub Mistress
Known for
Star Wars
Hope and Glory
Gwen Nelson
Matron
Known for
A Kind of Loving
Pat Heywood
Nurse
Known for
Romeo and Juliet
10 Rillington Place
Dermot Kelly
Gravedigger
Also in
The Quare Fellow
Cup Fever
Stanley Donen Director · Charles Dyer Screenplay Christopher Challis Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1.8M · Budget $6.4M · United States release August 20, 1969
Box office
Budget
$6,370,000
Worldwide gross
$1,850,000
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Stanley Donen Films
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United Kingdom · United States · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 20, 1969
Theatrical
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