Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1939)

  • NR
  • 09/29/1939 (US)
  • Horror, History, Drama
  • 1h 16m

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

Overview

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.

George King

Director

Frederick Hayward

Writer

Cast

Tod Slaughter's headshot

Tod Slaughter

Sweeney Todd
Stella Rho's headshot

Stella Rho

Mrs Lovatt
John Singer's headshot

John Singer

Tobias Rag
Eve Lister's headshot

Eve Lister

Johanna Oakle
Bruce Seton's headshot

Bruce Seton

Mark
D.J. Williams's headshot

D.J. Williams

Stephen Oakley
Davina Whitehouse's headshot

Davina Whitehouse

Nan
Jerry Verno's headshot

Jerry Verno

Pearley

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