Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Hughes & Prince, 1982)

Film Description

Angela Lansbury and George Hearns star in this updated version of the classic macabre musical in which Benjamin Barker returns from prison and assumes the name of Sweeney Todd. But when he finds out that a judge is tormenting his wife and daughter, Sweeney decides it's time to cut more than the judge's hair. Lansbury is Mrs Nellie Lovett, the downstairs neighbour who concocts a scheme that will give both of them what they want. Featuring music by Stephen Sondheim, the programme won three primetime Emmy awards.

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