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Easy Street is a film released in the United States of America by the Lone Star Corporation. The work was directed by Charlie Chaplin. It has a runtime of 26 minutes. The movie was released on January 22, 1917, with additional publication dates noted as January 1, 1917, and February 3, 1917.
The film is categorized as a slapstick comedy. Its content involves themes of drug abuse, police officers, criminal gangs, and missionary churches. The movie has achieved a vote average of 7.057.
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Film · TMDB
7.1A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.
Cast
- Charlie Chaplin as The Derelict
- Edna Purviance as The Mission Worker
- Eric Campbell as The Bully
- Lloyd Bacon as Junkie (uncredited)
- Henry Bergman as Kidnapper (uncredited)
- Erich von Stroheim Jr. as Baby (uncredited)
Themes
- drug abuse
- slapstick comedy
- police officer
- criminal gang
- missionary church
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- short film
- Genre
- silent film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Screenwriter
- Charlie Chaplin
- Producer
- Charlie Chaplin
- Cinematographer
- Roland Totheroh
- Duration
- 19
- FilmAffinity ID
- 935892
- Image
- Easystreet.jpg
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- film editor
- Charlie Chaplin
- Commons category
- Easy Street (film)
- publication date
- 1917-02-03
- title
- Easy Street
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Mutual Film Corporation
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- copyright status
- public domain
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