Easy Street

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A reformed tramp becomes a police constable who must fight a huge thug who dominates an inner-city street.A reformed tramp becomes a police constable who must fight a huge thug who dominates an inner-city street.A reformed tramp becomes a police constable who must fight a huge thug who dominates an inner-city street.

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Charles Chaplin

The Derelict
(as Charlie Chaplin)

Edna Purviance

The Mission Worker

Eric Campbell

The Bully

Albert Austin

Minister
(uncredited)
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Lloyd Bacon

Drug Addict
(uncredited)

Henry Bergman

Anarchist
(uncredited)

Leota Bryan

The Bully's Wife
(uncredited)

Frank J. Coleman

Mission Visitor
(uncredited)

William Gillespie

Drug Taker
(uncredited)

James T. Kelley

Mission Visitor
(uncredited)
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Charlotte Mineau

Mother of Many Children
(uncredited)

John Rand

Mission Tramp
(uncredited)
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Janet Sully

Mission Visitor
(uncredited)

Loyal Underwood

Father of Many Children
(uncredited)

Erich von Stroheim Jr.

Baby
(uncredited)

Leo White

Policeman
(uncredited)

Tom Wood

Policeman
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The lamppost used in the famous scene between Charles Chaplin and Eric Campbell fell on Chaplin during filming, requiring his hospitalization.

Goofs
When the Bully is knocked out by the gas, his feet are towards the camera. In the next scene his head is towards the camera.

Quotes
Title Card: [opening title card] A new beginning.

Alternate versions
Kino International distributes a set of videos containing all the 12 Mutual short films made by Chaplin in 1916 - 1917. They are presented by David H. Shepard, who copyrighted the versions in 1984, and have a music soundtrack composed and performed by Michael D. Mortilla, who copyrighted his score in 1989. The running time of this film is 24 minutes.

Connections
Edited into The Charlie Chaplin Festival (1941)

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7/10

Some amusing moments

I liked "Easy Street" better than "The Cure", and I watched them back to back. There were actually some laughs in this one. I tuned out toward the end and apparently missed something to do with a drug addict and Charlie sitting on a needle. These movies are too fast paced for my modern attention span.

It has a couple of memorable moments: the bully bends a lamp-post in half with his massive strength, so Charlie puts the lamp over his head and turns the gas up to anaesthetize him. After this, there's another memorable sight gag: every time he turns his back, he gets swarmed by the riff-raff of Easy street, but when he turns to face them, they immediately disperse.

It's pretty amusing but I could never imagine finding myself in stitches at one of these movies. I think humour has changed. There, I said it.