Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1936 British drama film produced and directed by George King, and written by Frederick Hayward, H. F. Maltby, and George Dibdin-Pitt. The film features actor Tod Slaughter as the barber Sweeney Todd.
Plot
The film starts in 1936 as a barber tells a patron the story of the infamous Sweeney Todd. In 1836, Sweeney Todd (Tod Slaughter) is a barber with a shop near the docks of London. One day, as the mercantile ship The Golden Hope readies to leave, Todd watches Johanna Oakley (Eve Lister) and Mark Ingerstreet (Bruce Seton). They are in love, but Mark is shipping out and laments that he is a poor man unable to win the approval of Johanna's father, Governor Oakley (D. J. Williams). Nearby, Johanna's servant Nan (Davina Craig) asks Mark's fellow sailor Pearley (Jerry Verno) to buy her various luxury goods while he's away. Pearley points out he hasn't the money to buy them. Simultaneously, Todd watches all his potential customers and thinks of the money he can make.
Cast
More details
contentLocation | London |
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director | George King |
editor | John Seabourne |
genre | drama |
keywords | barber bruce seton building on fire capture d. j. williams davina craig eve lister film star fleet street jerry verno johanna barker johanna oakley john singer meat pie mrs. lovatt mrs. lovett on the run orphan poor man shaving cream shipping company stella rho stolen goods stolen money sweeney todd tobias ragg wealthy man young man |
musicBy | Eric Ansell |
producer | George King |
productionCompany | George King Productions |
publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
theme | serial killer |