Sweeney Todd (1970 film)
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Sweeney Todd (1970 film) is a 1970 British television adaptation of the Victorian melodrama about the murderous barber of Fleet Street.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sweeney Todd (1970 film) canonical | 2 |
| Sweeney Todd (TV film) | 1 |
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982 filmed stage production) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21387614 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sweeney Todd (1970 film) Context triple: [Laurie Johnson, workedOn, Sweeney Todd (1970 film)]
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The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" is the dark, choral prologue and recurring musical motif that sets the grim tone and narrates the legend in Stephen Sondheim's musical *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*.
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Sweeney Todd (stage production)
Sweeney Todd is a dark, critically acclaimed stage musical—most famously composed by Stephen Sondheim—that tells the macabre story of a vengeful barber in Victorian London.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 2007 dark musical horror film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim stage musical, starring Johnny Depp as a vengeful barber in Victorian London.
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Las Monjas (The Nunnery)
Las Monjas (The Nunnery) is a prominent pre-Columbian complex of intricately carved stone buildings within the ancient Maya city of Uxmal in Yucatán, Mexico.
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E.
Witchfinder General
Witchfinder General is a 1968 British horror film, starring Vincent Price and set during the English Civil War, that follows a ruthless witch hunter exploiting mass hysteria for personal gain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sweeney Todd (1970 film) Target entity description: Sweeney Todd (1970 film) is a 1970 British television adaptation of the Victorian melodrama about the murderous barber of Fleet Street.
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A.
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" is the dark, choral prologue and recurring musical motif that sets the grim tone and narrates the legend in Stephen Sondheim's musical *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*.
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B.
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
Sweeney Todd is a dark, critically acclaimed stage musical—most famously composed by Stephen Sondheim—that tells the macabre story of a vengeful barber in Victorian London.
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C.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 2007 dark musical horror film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim stage musical, starring Johnny Depp as a vengeful barber in Victorian London.
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D.
Las Monjas (The Nunnery)
Las Monjas (The Nunnery) is a prominent pre-Columbian complex of intricately carved stone buildings within the ancient Maya city of Uxmal in Yucatán, Mexico.
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E.
Witchfinder General
Witchfinder General is a 1968 British horror film, starring Vincent Price and set during the English Civil War, that follows a ruthless witch hunter exploiting mass hysteria for personal gain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
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linked to: Sweeney Todd (1970 film)
Benjamin Barker
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982 filmed stage production)
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linked to: Sweeney Todd (1970 film)