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The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
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A Factory Worker (as Charlie Chaplin)
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A Gamin
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Cafe Proprietor
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Big Bill (as Stanley Sandford)
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Mechanic
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Burglar
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Gamin's Father
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President of the Electro Steel Corp. (as Allan Garcia)
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Prison Cellmate (as Dick Alexander)
Cecil Reynolds ...
Minister
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Minister's Wife (as Myra McKinney)
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J. Widdecombe Billows (as Murdoch McQuarrie)
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Juvenile Officer
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Sheriff Couler (as Ed Le Sainte)
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Cafe Head Waiter
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Turbine Operator (as Sam Stein)
Juana Sutton ...
Woman with Buttoned Bosom
Ted Oliver ...
Billows' Assistant
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Norman Ainsley ...
Billows' Silent Assistant (uncredited)
Walter Bacon ...
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
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Worker (uncredited)
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Assembly Line Worker Next to Big Bill (uncredited)
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Gamin's Sister (uncredited)
Gloria Delson ...
Gamin's Sister (uncredited)
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Jail Guard (uncredited)
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Shipbuilder (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
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Worker (uncredited)
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Paddywagon Policeman (uncredited)
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Frustrated Cafe Patron (uncredited)
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Assembly Line Foreman (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Jack Low ...
Worker (uncredited)
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Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell ...
Paddy Wagon Policeman (uncredited)
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Convict (uncredited)
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Assembly Line Relief Man (uncredited)
Dorothy Mueller ...
Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
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Burglar (uncredited)
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Department Store Section Manager (uncredited)
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Gypsy in Police Patrol Wagon (uncredited)
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Other Waiter (uncredited)
Wyn Ritchie Evans ...
Crowd (uncredited)
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Worker (uncredited)

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Charles Chaplin ... (as Charlie Chaplin)

Written by

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Charles Chaplin ... (written by) (as Charlie Chaplin)

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Charles Chaplin ... producer (uncredited)

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Charles Chaplin ... (music composed by) (as Charlie Chaplin)

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Ira H. Morgan ... (photography) (as Ira Morgan)
Roland Totheroh ... (photography) (as Rollie Totheroh)

Editing by

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Charles Chaplin ... (uncredited)
Willard Nico ... (uncredited)

Casting By

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Al Ernest Garcia ... (uncredited)

Production Design by

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Charles D. Hall ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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J. Russell Spencer ... (uncredited)

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J. Russell Spencer ... (settings) (as Russell Spencer)

Makeup Department

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Elizabeth Arden ... makeup artist: Mr. Chaplin and Miss Goddard (uncredited)

Production Management

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Alfred Reeves ... general production manager (uncredited)
Jack Wilson ... assistant production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Carter DeHaven ... assistant director
Henry Bergman ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Charles D. Hall ... settings
Hal Atkins ... props (uncredited)
William Bogdanoff ... construction foreman (uncredited)
Bob Depps ... props (uncredited)
Joe Van Meter ... purchasing agent (uncredited)

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Bud Thackery ... process photography (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Max Munn Autrey ... still photographer (uncredited)
Don Donaldson ... gaffer (uncredited)
Morgan Hill ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Mark Marlatt ... camera operator (uncredited)
Ted Minor ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Frank Testera ... gaffer (uncredited)

Music Department

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Frank Maher ... music recordist
Paul Neal ... music recordist
Alfred Newman ... conductor
Edward B. Powell ... music arranger (as Edward Powell)
David Raksin ... music arranger
Charles Dunworth ... music assistant: Alfred Newman (uncredited)
Louis Kaufman ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Bernhard Kaun ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Della Steele ... script clerk (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Girwood Averill ... projectionist (uncredited)
Catherine Hunter ... press representative (uncredited)
Joe Van Meter ... purchasing agent (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Chaplin's last 'silent' film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talkies. Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age, (The use of sound in films ?) and progress. Firstly we see him frantically trying to keep up with a production line, tightening bolts. He is selected for an experiment with an automatic feeding machine, but various mishaps leads his boss to believe he has gone mad, and Charlie is sent to a mental hospital - When he gets out, he is mistaken for a communist while waving a red flag, sent to jail, foils a jailbreak, and is let out again. We follow Charlie through many more escapades before the film is out. Written by Colin Tinto

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Taglines He stands alone as the greatest entertainer of modern times! No one on earth can make you laugh as heartily or touch your heart as deeply...the whole world laughs, cries and thrills to his priceless genius! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Masses (United States)
  • Les Temps modernes (France)
  • Moderne Zeiten (Germany)
  • Tiempos modernos (Spain)
  • Temps moderns (Spain, Catalan title)
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Runtime
  • 87 min
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Budget $1,500,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $11,507, 09 Jan 2004

Did You Know?

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Trivia (at around 48 mins) Sir Charles Chaplin devoted eight days to filming the department store roller-skating scene where he skates blindfolded on the edge of the fourth floor, coming within inches of falling over the edge into the deep stairwell below. The dangerous large drop was actually a painted scene on a pane of glass carefully placed in front of the camera to align with the existing set and create the illusion of great height. See more »
Goofs (at around 17 mins) After Charlie goes crazy, he comes back with an oil can and sprays Big Bill in the face with the oil. We then catch a quick glimpse of Big Bill's back which is already stained black, but in the following long shot, his tank top back is pristine white in color. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in For the First Time (1967). See more »
Soundtracks Hallelujah, I'm a Bum See more »
Quotes A gamin: [Last lines] What's the use of trying?
A factory worker: Buck up - never say die. We'll get along!
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