The Tale of Sweeney Todd
1998
The Original Serial Killer!
Directed by John Schlesinger
User Rating
Intensity
The fictional tale of the murderous 19th century barber (Ben Kinglsey) who sold his kills to a neighboring butcher (Joanna Lumley) for her renowned meat pies. A young innocent (Selina Boyack) and the dashing inspector (Campbell Scott) who tries to solve the murders are also thrown into the mix.
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- Director
- John Schlesinger
- Written by
- Peter Buckman, Peter Shaw
- Produced by
- Gary Dartnall, Monica Foster, Morgan O'Sullivan
- Composer
- Richard Rodney Bennett
- Cinematographer
- Martin Fuhrer
- Editor
- Mark Day
- Origin countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Production country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Language
- English
- TMDB
- 5.7/10 (19 votes)
- IMDb
- 6.1/10 (864 votes)
Cast
Crew
John Schlesinger
Director
Peter Buckman
Writer
Peter Shaw
Writer
Gary Dartnall
Producer
Monica Foster
Producer
Morgan O'Sullivan
Producer
Paul Lowin
Producer
Robert Halmi Jr.
Producer
Ted Swanson
Producer
Richard Rodney Bennett
Original Music Composer
Martin Fuhrer
Director of Photography
Mark Day
Editor
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