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 is Eric.
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Charlie Chaplin | The Derelict |
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Edna Purviance | The Mission Worker |
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Eric Campbell | The Bully |
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Albert Austin | Minister |
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Lloyd Bacon | Drug Addict |
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Henry Bergman | Anarchist |
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Leota Bryan | The Bully's Wife |
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Frank J. Coleman | Mission Visitor |
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William Gillespie | Drug Taker |
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James T. Kelley | Mission Visitor |
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Charlotte Mineau | Mother of Many Children |
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John Rand | Mission Tramp |
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Janet Sully | Mission Visitor |
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Loyal Underwood | Father of Many Children |
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Erich von Stroheim Jr. | Baby |
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Leo White | Policeman |
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Tom Wood | Policeman |
Director | Charlie Chaplin |
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Writer | Vincent Bryan, Charlie Chaplin, Maverick Terrell | |
Producer | Henry P. Caulfield, Charlie Chaplin | |
Photography | William C. Foster, Roland Totheroh |