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Disguised as a priest, an escaped convict makes his way to Texas. He ends up in a small rural town where the townsfolk mistake him for their new church minister.Disguised as a priest, an escaped convict makes his way to Texas. He ends up in a small rural town where the townsfolk mistake him for their new church minister.Disguised as a priest, an escaped convict makes his way to Texas. He ends up in a small rural town where the townsfolk mistake him for their new church minister.
- Awards
- 3 wins
Dean Riesner
- Little Boy
- (as Dinky Reisner)
Charles Reisner
- Crook
- (as Chuck Reisner)
Phyllis Allen
- Congregation Member
- (uncredited)
Frank Antunez
- Bandit
- (uncredited)
Sarah Barrows
- Congregation Member
- (uncredited)
Monta Bell
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Edith Bostwick
- Congregation Member
- (uncredited)
George Bradford
- Congregation Member
- (uncredited)
William Carey
- Congregation Member
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
- Writer
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- TriviaThis was the last film in which Charles Chaplin co-starred with Edna Purviance. Chaplin would direct and have a cameo in her next film, A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) and produce her lost film, A Woman of the Sea (1926), and she would have cameos in his later films Monsieur Verdoux (1947) and Limelight (1952), but this was their last major acting work together.
- GoofsThe Mexico Texas border is marked by a sign on dry land. The entire Mexico Texas border is in the middle of the Rio Grande.
- Quotes
Crook: I missed my train.
Girl's Mother: Then you must stay for the night. I'll get some light.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Chaplin Revue (1959)
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Having escaped from prison for a crime that is never mentioned, The Tramp disguises himself as a pastor as he heads for Texas. Arriving from train, he is quickly mistaken as the new curator / priest that the small town is expecting. The Tramp is once again placed into a situation that he was act his way out of. Finding himself in the middle of a sermon, The Tramp must perform is way off stage to convince the town that he a priest. The ending, although meant to be funny, is more political that humor. The 1920's outlook on Mexico was the same as it was since the end of the Mexican American War in the 1840's. The audience laughs as we see Mexico and its people as savage and unpredictable as ever. Although the Tramp survives to fight another day, he manages to throw a political message out to the audience before the end of the movie.
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- Gross US & Canada
- $280,171
- Runtime47 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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