Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

• 8.0
• 1982-09-12
• 140 minutes mins

In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justice system. Todd confides in Nellie Lovett, the owner of a local meat pie shop, and the two become partners, as Todd swears revenge on those that have wronged him and decides to take up his old profession.

Starring:

Angela Lansbury (Nellie Lovett) George Hearn (Sweeney Todd) Cris Groenendaal (Anthony Hope) Sara Woods (Beggar Woman) Edmund Lyndeck (Judge Turpin) Calvin Remsberg (The Beadle) Betsy Joslyn (Johanna) Ken Jennings (Tobias Ragg) Sal Mistretta (Pirelli) Spain Logue (The Birdseller)

Director:

Hal Prince Terry Hughes

Writer:

Hugh Wheeler Stephen Sondheim