Easy Street (1917)
1917 · Silent film · 26 min · dir. Charlie Chaplin
- Comedy
- Action
Synopsis
When Charlie the Tramp wanders into a mission he is smitten by Edna and puts back the collection box which he has taken. Reformed, he becomes a policeman and is assigned to rough-and-tumble Easy Street. Unable to trick or beat Eric the Tough, he puts Eric's head in a gas pipe and anesthetizes him. A hero, he now helps many poor people living on Easy Street. Eric escapes jail, Edna is kidnapped, but Charlie (recharged after sitting on a doper's needle) conquers all. Easy Street is transformed as…
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Details
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Writer
- Charlie Chaplin
- Cinematography
- William C. Forster
- Studio
- Lone Star Corporation
- Released
- 1917-01-22
- Running time
- 26 minutes
Cast & crew
Charlie Chaplin Director- Charlie Chaplin
Edna Purviance
Eric Campbell
Lloyd Bacon
Henry Bergman- Erich von Stroheim Jr.
Charlotte Mineau
Tom Wood
