Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
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65% of users liked it
(5,478 ratings)
A bone-chiller that still manages to inject humor, this movie was based on an actual event and even spawned Stephen Sondheim's hit play "Sweeney Todd" in 1978. Slaughter portrays a mad barber who has a deal with a baker to provide fillings for his meat pies. Unfortunately for the… More A bone-chiller that still manages to inject humor, this movie was based on an actual event and even spawned Stephen Sondheim's hit play "Sweeney Todd" in 1978. Slaughter portrays a mad barber who has a deal with a baker to provide fillings for his meat pies. Unfortunately for the barber's customers, their visit to his basement makes them an integral part of that deal. ~ Tana Hobart, Rovi
- Directed By
- George King
- Genres
- Classics, Horror
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 1, 1936 Wide
- Studio
- Starz
Critic Reviews
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Steve Biodrowski, Cinefantastique
All of [the creaky storytelling] fades to nothing but dim shadows, eclipsed by the glorious villainy of Todd Slaughter.
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Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
It's, well, a cut above most other musicals.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Terrific Tod Slaughter barnstormer. Not his best, but his most famous.
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Cast
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Tod Slaughter
as Sweeney Todd
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Eve Lister
as Johanna Oakley
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Bruce Seton
as Mack
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Davina Craig
as Nan
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D.J. Williams
as Stephen Oakley
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Jerry Verno
as Pearley
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Stella Rho
as Mrs. Lovatt
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Jonathan Singer
as The Beadle
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Billy Holland
as Parson
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Aubrey Mallalieu
as Trader Patterson
- Norman Pierce
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Graham [Ben] Soutten
as Beadle
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Ben Ames Williams
as Capt. Stevenson
