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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(1936)
 Country
of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1936
Running Times: 76 mins
Format: black and white 35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: George King Productions
Producer: George King
Production Manager: Billy Phelps
SCRIPT
Script: Frederick Hayward
Dialogue: H.F. Maltby
Play: George Dibdin-Pitt
DIRECTION
Director: George King
Assistant Director: Ronald Kinnoch
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jack Parker
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: John Seabourne
SOUND
Sound: J. Byers
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Percy Bell
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Olga Brook
LOCATIONS
Studio: Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, UK
CAST
Tod Slaughter
(Sweeney Todd)
Stella Rho (Mrs Lovatt)
Johnny Singer (Tobias Rag)
Eve Lister (Johanna Oakle)
Bruce Seton (Mark Ingerstreet)
D.J. Williams (Stephen Oakley)
Davina Craig (Nan)
Jerry Verno (Pearley)
Ben Soutten (The Beadle)
Billy Holland (Parsons)
Norman Pierce (Mr Findla)
Aubrey Mallalieu (Trader Paterson)
Henry B. Longhurst (man on the quayside who talks to Sweeney Todd -
uncredited)
Ben Williams (Captain Stephenson - uncredited)
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributors: Ambassador Films; MGM-British
USA
Theatrical Distribuitor: Select Attractions Inc
Television Distributor: Hyams TV Films
Video Distributors: Rhino Video; Video Yesteryear
DVD-R Distributor: Sinister Cinema
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street –
US title
Sweeney Todd
TIMELINE
1951
June
18: UK - television broadcast (on BBC)
September
24: UK - television broadcast (on BBC)
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Bloodthirsty Butchers (1970)
Sweeney Todd (1982)
The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998)
KEYWORDS
book into film, cannibalism, child abuse, child slavery, greed, maniacs,
throat slitting
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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