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Title: The Kid

Release Date: 21 Jan 1921

Runtime: 1h 8m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Charles Chaplin Productions

Production Companies: Charles Chaplin Productions

Overview: A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

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Average Vote: 8.166 (2128 votes)

Cast

  • A Tramp: Charlie Chaplin
  • The Kid: Jackie Coogan
  • The Man: Carl Miller
  • The Woman: Edna Purviance
  • Car Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited): Albert Austin
  • Bride (uncredited): Beulah Bains
  • Slum Nurse (uncredited): Nellie Bly Baker
  • Professor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited): Henry Bergman
  • Orphan Asylum Driver (uncredited): Edward Biby
  • Assistant (uncredited): B.F. Blinn
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