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The Little Tramp escapes from prison; saves a girl and her mother from drowning; and creates havoc at a swank party.The Little Tramp escapes from prison; saves a girl and her mother from drowning; and creates havoc at a swank party.The Little Tramp escapes from prison; saves a girl and her mother from drowning; and creates havoc at a swank party.
Charles Chaplin
- The Convict
- (as Charlie Chaplin)
Monta Bell
- Man
- (uncredited)
Leota Bryan
- Lady in White Dress and Black Shoes
- (uncredited)
Frank J. Coleman
- Prison Guard
- (uncredited)
James T. Kelley
- Old Man
- (uncredited)
Toraichi Kono
- The Chauffeur
- (uncredited)
Janet Sully
- The Girl's Mother
- (uncredited)
Loyal Underwood
- Guest
- (uncredited)
May White
- Large Lady
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
- Writers
- Vincent Bryan(uncredited)
- Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
- Maverick Terrell(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe chauffeur was played by Toraichi Kono, who was Charles Chaplin's own butler, chauffeur, secretary, and bodyguard from 1916 to 1934.
- GoofsThe sea level: when people are falling into the water we see the tide is in and the water is deep; when they are shown climbing onto the pier, the tide is clearly out as can be seen in the background.
- Quotes
Title Card: [opening title card] The man hunt.
- Alternate versionsKino International distributes a set of videos containing all the 12 Mutual short films made by Chaplin in 1916 - 1917. They are presented by David H. Shepard, who copyrighted the versions in 1984, and have a music soundtrack composed and performed by Michael D. Mortilla who copyrighted his score in 1989. The running time of this film is 24 minutes.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Charlie Chaplin Festival (1941)
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Brilliant
Certainly, in my opinion, the Greatest comedy short of all time. Charlie, an escaped convict, saves life of rich woman and is taken in by her family(and jealous Eric Campbell - who tragically died in an automobile accident a year after). How long will it be till the law catches up with him? There's an absolutely SUPERB sequence as him dodging the law using sliding doors, it will leave you laughing loud. This film alone demonstrates Chaplin's unique and incredible talent. Many people get turned off by Chaplin's shorts as they are silent. It's a shame as some of them represent his best work.
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- Russell Dodd
- Oct 19, 1999
Details
- Runtime24 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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