Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
Primera versión sonora sobre el mito popular Sweeney Todd, barbero asesino que degollaba y robaba a sus victimas en complicidad con su vecina, la señora Lovett que los hacía desaparecer como pasteles de carne. Adapta la pieza teatral de George Dibdin-Pitt de 1847 a mayor gloria del divo Tod Slaughter, que representó al personaje por más de cuatro mil representaciones y resulta un buen ejemplo del terror puramente británico de los años 30 de siglo XX. En 1979 la historia sería reconvertida en un siniestro y memorable musical por Stephen Sondheim, basado a su vez en una obra precedente de Christopher Bond de 1973.
Directora: George King
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Tod Slaughter as Sweeney Todd |
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Stella Rho as Mrs Lovatt |
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John Singer as Tobias Rag |
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Eve Lister as Johanna Oakle |
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Bruce Seton as Mark |
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D.J. Williams as Stephen Oakley |
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Davina Whitehouse as Nan |
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Jerry Verno as Pearley |
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Graham Soutten as Beadle (as Ben Souten) |
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Billy Holland as Mr. Parsons |
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Norman Pierce as Mr. Findlay |
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Aubrey Mallalieu as Trader Paterson |
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Henry B. Longhurst as Man On The Quayside Who Talks To Sweeney Todd (uncredited) |
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Ben Williams as Captain Stephenson (uncredited) |
| Directing | George King | Director |
| Writing | Frederick Hayward | Writer |
| Writing | George Dibdin-Pitt | Dialogue |
| Writing | H.F. Maltby | Dialogue |
| Directing | Ronnie Kinnoch | Assistant Director |
| Editing | John Seabourne Sr. | Editor |
| Art | Percy Bell | Art Direction |
| Camera | Jack Parker | Director of Photography |
| Production | George King | Producer |
| Sound | Eric Ansell | Music |
| Sound | John K. Byers | Sound Recordist |
