The Tale of Sweeney Todd

The Tale of Sweeney Todd is a 1998 American television movie directed by John Schlesinger. The teleplay by Peter Buckman was adapted from a story by Peter Shaw. It was broadcast in the United States by Showtime on April 19, 1998 and released on videotape in France the following month. It later was released as a feature film in select foreign markets.

American Ben Carlyle Campbell Scott arrives in the city to track down wealthy diamond merchant Alfred Mannheim and 50,000 worth of jewels he had sold to Carlyles employer but failed to deliver. Mannheims staff advises Carlyle their boss disappeared without a trace weeks earlier, and he posts notices offering a reward for information leading to his discovery.Charlie Sean Flanagan, a mute orphan who works as an assistant to Todd, recognizes Mannheim as a man the barber shaved just prior to his disappearance. Realizing his dastardly deeds are in danger of being revealed, Todd imprisons the boy in his basement. ........

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