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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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

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.

Release Date : 1936-03-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : George King Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Cast

Character Name : Sweeney Todd

Original Name : Tod Slaughter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs Lovatt

Original Name : Stella Rho

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tobias Rag

Original Name : John Singer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johanna Oakle

Original Name : Eve Lister

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mark

Original Name : Bruce Seton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stephen Oakley

Original Name : D.J. Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nan

Original Name : Davina Whitehouse

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pearley

Original Name : Jerry Verno

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beadle (as Ben Souten)

Original Name : Graham Soutten

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Parsons

Original Name : Billy Holland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Findlay

Original Name : Norman Pierce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trader Paterson

Original Name : Aubrey Mallalieu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man On The Quayside Who Talks To Sweeney Todd (uncredited)

Original Name : Henry B. Longhurst

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Stephenson (uncredited)

Original Name : Ben Williams

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-19

This typically over-the-top vehicle for Britain's favourite menace sees Tod Slaughter take on the role of the infamous cropper on London's Fleet Street. The story is recounted by one of his successors to a new customer; regaling him with the tale of "Sweeney Todd" and his habit of dropping his newly shorn clients through a trap door into a cellar below where, once duly dispatched, they are robbed then provided to neighbour "Mrs. Lovatt" (Stella Rho) as ingredients in one of her delicious pies. It's a fun, theatrical romp that cannot fail to make you smile - and is about a terrifying as "Bambi"