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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1982 · 140 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Hal Prince, Terry Hughes
- Starring
- Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Calvin Remsberg, Ken Jennings, Sal Mistretta, Edmund Lyndeck
A musical thriller set in 1846, where Anthony Hope arrives in London with the enigmatic Sweeney Todd, a once‑naïve barber whose life and marriage were ruined by a corrupt justice system. Todd confides in Nellie Lovett, owner of a local meat‑pie shop, and the two become partners as he vows revenge on those who wronged him, resuming his trade and using the shop as a cover for his deadly agenda.
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