The Greed of William Hart 1948  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Horror Maniacs
Director: Oswald Mitchell
Cast: Tod Slaughter, Henry Oscar, Jenny Lynn, Winifred Melville, Ann Trego, Patrick Addison, Arnold Bell, Aubrey Woods, Mary Love, Dennis Wyndham
Based on the true story of William Burke and William Hare, corpse-stealers–and then killers when the bodies run short–William Hart (Tod Slaughter) and Mr. Moore (Henry Oscar) supply cadavers for use by medical students in Edinburgh.
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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn 1935 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Murder in the Red Barn
Director: Milton Rosmer
Cast: Tod Slaughter, Sophie Stewart, D.J. Williams, Eric Portman, Clare Greet, Gerard Tyrell, Ann Trevor, Dennis Hoey, Stella Rho, Quentin McPhearson, Antonia Brough, Noel Dainton
Based on a real murder, this story involves solving the case of sweet, young Maria Marten (Sophie Stewart) who was murdered by the evil Squire William Corder (Tod Slaughter) and her body hidden in a red barn.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1936 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: George King
Cast: Tod Slaughter, Stella Rho, Graham Soutten, Bruce Seton, Eve Lister, D.J. Williams, John Singer, Davina Craig, Jerry Verno, Billy Holland, Norman Pierce, Aubrey Mallalieu, Ben Williams, Henry B. Longhurst
Later remade into the great musical, this is the early film adaptation of the George Dibden-Pitt play about a psychopathic killer–Sweeney Todd (Tod Slaughter)–who kills customers who come into his barbershop. The ex-customers become the main part of Mrs. Lovatt's (Stella Rho) meat pies.
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| 1. The Greed of William Hart (1948)
aka: Horror Maniacs
2. Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn (1935)
aka: Murder in the Red Barn
3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
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