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12/03/1921 (GB)
Comedy, Drama
1h 8m
- 82% (2219 votes)
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Overview
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
- Charlie ChaplinDirector, Writer
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$250,000
Revenue
$2,500,000
Keywords
- angel
- suicide attempt
- fistfight
- slapstick comedy
- black and white
- class differences
- foundling
- silent film
- dream sequence
- semi autobiographical
- car theft
- illegitimate child
- unwed mother
- abandoned baby
- out of wedlock child
Top Billed Cast
Charlie Chaplin
A Tramp
Jackie Coogan
The Kid
Carl Miller
The Man
Edna Purviance
The Woman
Albert Austin
Car Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited)
Beulah Bains
Bride (uncredited)
Nellie Bly Baker
Slum Nurse (uncredited)
Henry Bergman
Professor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Orphan Asylum Driver (uncredited)
B.F. Blinn
Assistant (uncredited)
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