Storyline

Charles Dyer (Sir Rex Harrison) and Harry Leeds (Richard Burton) are a couple that have been living together for nearly twenty years. Both earn a living as hairdressers in the West End of London and both care deeply for their mothers, but not each other as time apart takes its toll on their relationship when Harry has to care for his invalid mother who snips at him every chance she gets.

Plot Keywords

homosexual, hairdresser, mother, hustler, business partner, boyfriend, amusing, sad, witty, touching, london, barbershop, apartment, nightclub, relationships, mother/son relationship, aging, homosexuality, love, rivalry, pursuit, 1960s

Short Review

Stanley Donen's Staircase is an unpleasant exercise in bad taste -- in taste so bad, in fact, you wonder how Donen, who directed Singin' in the Rain and Bedazzled could have directed it.

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