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Directed by | Charlie Chaplin |
Produced by | Jess Robbins |
Written by | Charlie Chaplin |
Starring |
Charles Chaplin Edna Purviance Wesley Ruggles James T. Kelley Leo White John Rand Fred Goodwins Billy Armstrong Snub Pollard Bud Jamison Paddy McGuire George Cleethorpe |
Cinematography | Harry Ensign |
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Distributed by | General Film Company |
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34 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Police is Charlie Chaplin's 14th film with Essanay Studios and was released in 1916. It was made at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles. Charlie plays an ex-convict who finds life on the outside not to his liking and leads him to breaking into a home with another thief (Wesley Ruggles). Edna Purviance plays the girl living in the home who tries to change him.
Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.