Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Brownbeards, Blackbeards, Redbeards. He Polished Them All Off!
1936 | 76m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | George King |
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| Writer: | Frederick Hayward |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Mar 01, 1936 |
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| Director: | George King |
| Writer: | Frederick Hayward |
| Genres: | Drama, Horror, History |
| Keywords | london, england, murder, barbershop, barber, 19th century |
| Production Companies | George King Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Henry B. Longhurst | Man On The Quayside Who Talks To Sweeney Todd (uncredited) |
| Ben Williams | Captain Stephenson (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| H.F. Maltby | Dialogue |
| Frederick Hayward | Writer |
| George King | Director |
| George Dibdin-Pitt | Dialogue |
| Jack Parker | Director of Photography |
| Percy Bell | Art Direction |
| John Seabourne Sr. | Editor |
| Ronnie Kinnoch | Assistant Director |
| Eric Ansell | Music |
| John K. Byers | Sound Recordist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| George King | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 5 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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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"