Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Brownbeards, Blackbeards, Redbeards. He Polished Them All Off!

NR 1936 · 76 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama, Crime, Horror

It is England in the 1830s. London's dockside is teeming with ships and sailors who have made their fortune in foreign lands. Sweeney Todd, a Fleet Street barber, awaits the arrival of men whose first port of call is for a good, close shave. For most it will be the last time they are seen alive. Using a specially designed barber's chair, Sweeney Todd despatches his victims to the cellar below, where he robs them of their new found fortunes and chops their remains into small pieces. Meanwhile, Mrs Lovett is enjoying a roaring trade for her popular penny meat pies.

Directed by George King · Written by Frederick Hayward

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Tod Slaughter Sweeney Todd
Stella Rho Mrs Lovatt
John Singer Tobias Rag
Eve Lister Johanna Oakle
Bruce Seton Mark
D.J. Williams Stephen Oakley
Davina Whitehouse Nan
Jerry Verno Pearley
Graham Soutten Beadle (as Ben Souten)
Billy Holland Mr. Parsons
Norman Pierce Mr. Findlay
Aubrey Mallalieu Trader Paterson

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