The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1997)

Directors

John Schlesinger

Cast

Ben Kingsley, Campbell Scott, David Wilmot, Joanna Lumley, John Kavanagh, Katharine Schlesinger, Niall Buggy, Peter Jeffrey, Peter Woodthorpe

The story

Set in 18th century London, the story focuses on Sweeney Todd (Ben Kingsley), a murderous barber whose business provides him with two profitable sidelines: the sale of his victims' jewelry and the disposal of their bodies to his mistress Mrs. Lovett (Joanna Lumley), who uses them to prepare meat pies for her unsuspecting clientele. Ben Carlyle (Campbell Scott), a representative of an American jeweler, arrives in the city to track down wealthy diamond merchant Alfred Mannheim and $50,000 worth of diamonds he had sold to Carlyle's employers but failed to deliver on time.

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