George King (5) (1899–1966)

A slightly unorthodox rendition of the famous tale that sees Sweeney Todd (Tod Slaughter) luring the unexpecting into his barber shop, where they meet a murderous end before being disposed of Mrs Lovatt (Stella Rho) owner of the pie shop next door to Todd. His ill-gotten fortune gives Todd the means to manipulate ship owner Stephen Oakley (D. J. Williams) into forcing his daughter Johanna (Eve Lister) to marry him. The story is a touch pedestrian, with quota-quickie director George King even show more throwing in a pointless and distracting foreign sequence. The sets are nicely atmospheric, however, and the cast go about their business with a wildly expressive theatrical approach and look as if they're having a fine old time. At the centre of it all, and effortlessly stealing the show, is the great Tod Slaughter who gives a fabulously campy pantomime villain performance full of grinning, hand-wringing obsequiousness and an air of skulking menace. He makes the whole film worthwhile and is a joy to watch in his oily, deadly glory. show less

A young French idealist (John Clements), who gives his name as Jean Baptiste, arrives in "St Pierre-le-Port", a small town near Saint-Nazaire, a major port and base of operations for the German Navy, particularly their U-boats, on the Atlantic coast. Baptiste tells a member of the French Resistance that "I come from Saint-Nazaire. I've details of the submarine base, the docks and power plant. If I can get them to England..."

The first half of the film often has a lighthearted tone; the show more Germans are portrayed as bumbling and easily outwitted. The German commandant is overweight and gullible. However, after the Resistance successfully sabotages a German armaments train, the SS take charge of the town, and the occupation takes a brutal turn. (fonte: Wikipedia) show less

Un giovane idealista francese (John Clements), che dà il suo nome come Jean Baptiste, arriva a "St Pierre-le-Port", una piccola città vicino a Saint-Nazaire, un importante porto e base di operazioni per la Marina tedesca, in particolare il loro U-boat, sulla costa atlantica. Baptiste racconta a un membro della Resistenza francese che "Vengo da Saint-Nazaire, ho i dettagli della base sottomarina, i moli e la centrale elettrica, se riesco a portarli in Inghilterra ...

An American sculptress in wartime Britain gets mixed up with a British agent and a Nazi spy who knows that a top-secret meeting of Allied military leaders will be taking place in Algeria–and that the British agent has a camera that has photographs of the meeting place. (fonte: imdb)