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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! - Modern Times
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Title: Modern Times

Release Date: 5 Feb 1936

Runtime: 1h 27m

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Charles Chaplin Productions

Production Companies: Charles Chaplin Productions

Overview: A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..

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Average Vote: 8.284 (3722 votes)

Cast

  • The Tramp (A Factory Worker): Charlie Chaplin
  • A Gamin: Paulette Goddard
  • Cafe Proprietor: Henry Bergman
  • Big Bill: Tiny Sandford
  • Mechanic: Chester Conklin
  • Burglar: Hank Mann
  • Gamin's Father: Stanley Blystone
  • President of the Electro Steel Corp.: Al Ernest Garcia
  • Prison Cellmate: Richard Alexander
  • Minister: Cecil Reynolds
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