Easy Street (1917)
Een zwerver, ineengedoken onder de trappen van een missionaire kerk, voelt zich verlicht door de preek van een gepassioneerde predikant en verliefd op de schoonheid van de pianist van de gemeente, zodanig dat hij zijn leven in armoede probeert te verbeteren door politieagent te worden. Zijn eerste opdracht zal zijn om te patrouilleren langs Easy Street, het terrein van een gemene pestkop en zijn criminele bende.
Regiseur:
Charlie Chaplin
Schrijvers:
Charlie Chaplin, Maverick Terrell, Vincent Bryan.
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Charlie Chaplin as The Derelict |
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Edna Purviance as The Mission Worker |
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Eric Campbell as The Bully |
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Lloyd Bacon as Junkie (uncredited) |
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Henry Bergman as Kidnapper (uncredited) |
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Erich von Stroheim Jr. as Baby (uncredited) |
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Charlotte Mineau as Bully's Wife (uncredited) |
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Tom Wood as Chief of Police (uncredited) |
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Janet Sully as Mother (uncredited) |
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Frank J. Coleman as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Leo White as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Loyal Underwood as Policeman / Father (uncredited) |
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James T. Kelly as Policeman / Missionary (uncredited) |
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Albert Austin as Policeman / Preacher (uncredited) |
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John Rand as Policeman / Tramp (uncredited) |
| Directing | Charlie Chaplin | Director |
| Writing | Charlie Chaplin | Screenplay |
| Camera | Roland Totheroh | Director of Photography |
| Camera | William C. Forster | Director of Photography |
| Production | Charlie Chaplin | Producer |
| Editing | Charlie Chaplin | Editor |
| Production | Henry P. Caulfield | Producer |
| Writing | Maverick Terrell | Screenplay |
| Writing | Vincent Bryan | Screenplay |
| Art | George Cleethorpe | Property Master |