Lovett, who tries to kill him but is knocked out and left to hang on a meat rack. There he makes a gruesome discovery that spurs him to confront Mrs. Lovett's pies are all but confirmed by a chemist, he hides himself in a burlap sack and has himself deposited in her pie shop cellar with a delivery of meat. When his suspicions about the ingredients of Mrs. Meanwhile, Carlyle is seeking the assistance of the corrupt local police and an amiable serving wench named Alice, who happens to be Todd's ward, with his quest. Realizing his dastardly deeds are in danger of being revealed, Todd imprisons the boy in his basement. Mannheim's staff advises Carlyle that their boss disappeared without a trace weeks earlier, and he posts notices offering a reward for information leading to Mannheim's discovery.Ĭharlie (Sean Flanagan), a mute orphan who works as an assistant to Todd, recognizes Mannheim as a man the barber had shaved just prior to his disappearance. Lovett ( Joanna Lumley), who uses them to prepare meat pies for her unsuspecting clientele.Īmerican Ben Carlyle ( Campbell Scott) 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. 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.
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