Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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

Jun 29 1936 N/A 1h 16m
Drama, 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.

Plot

In the Nineteenth Century, in London, the barber Sweeney Todd invites lonely and wealthy costumers in the port to his barbershop on the nearby Fleet Street and murders them to take their money, while his associate Mrs. Lovatt and owner of a bakery below is barbershop gets rid off the bodies. Sweeney uses his fortune to help the fleet owner Stephen Oakley with the intention to force his daughter Joanna to marry him. However, the beloved Joanna's boyfriend Mark Ingerstreet returns rich from his last voyage and Sweeney decides to kill him and steal his fortune in pearl, making Mrs. Lovatt jealous with the situation.

Written by

Frederick Hayward, H.F. Maltby, George Dibdin-Pitt

Directed by

George King

Cast

Tod Slaughter, Stella Rho, John Singer

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

George King Productions

Languages

English

Awards

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Scores
# of Votes
1,572
Average Rating
5.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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