| Sweeney Todd | |
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| Directed by | Walter West |
| Written by | George Dibdin-Pitt (play) |
| Produced by | Harry Rowson |
| Starring | Moore Marriott Iris Darbyshire Judd Green Charles Ashton |
Production company | QTS Productions |
| Distributed by | Ideal Films |
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Running time | 6,200 feet[1] 73 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Sweeney Todd is a 1928 British silent crime film directed by Walter West and starring Moore Marriott, Judd Green and Iris Darbyshire. It was adapted from a popular 1847 stage play by George Dibdin-Pitt called The String of Pearls, or The Fiend of Fleet Street, which in turn was based on an anonymous story called The String of Pearls: A Romance that was serialized in magazine format in 1846. This was the first time the story was adapted into a play, and it featured a surprise twist ending that doesn't appear in later stage versions of the Sweeney Todd legend.[2][3] It was filmed entirely on set at Islington Studios.
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