Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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- This article is about the 1936 film. For other uses, see Sweeney Todd (disambiguation)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street is a 1936 film produced and directed by George King.
[edit] Plot
The film features Tod Slaughter in one of his most famous roles. Barber Sweeney Todd, who has a deal with meat-pie maker Mrs. Lovett, to provide fillings for his meat pies. Using his charm and tonsorial skills, Todd lures wealthy, respectable customers into his Fleet Street barber shop, where his mechanical chair dumps them head-first down into the basement. If the fall doesn't do the trick, Sweeney is happy to finish off the customer with his razor.
[edit] Cast
- Tod Slaughter
- Stella Rho
- Johnny Singer
- Eve Lister
- Bruce Seton
- D.J. Williams
- Davina Craig
- Jerry Verno
- Ben Soutten
- Billy Holland
- Norman Pierce
- Aubrey Mallalieu
- Henry B. Longhurst
- Ben Williams
