1h 27m
February 6, 1931
8.3/10(2,371 votes)
Budget:$1,500,000
Revenue:$4,250,000
Production Countries
🇺🇸United States
Overview
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Cast
Charlie Chaplin
A Tramp
Virginia Cherrill
A Blind Girl
Florence Lee
Her Grandmother
Harry Myers
An Eccentric Millionaire
Al Ernest Garcia
His Butler
Hank Mann
A Prizefighter
Albert Austin
Street Sweeper / Burglar (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
Boxing Fight Referee (uncredited)
Henry Bergman
Mayor / Blind Girl's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)
Buster Brodie
Bald Party Guest (uncredited)
Jeanne Carpenter
Diner in Restaurant (uncredited)
Tom Dempsey
Boxer (uncredited)
James Donnelly
Street Sweepers' Foreman (uncredited)
Ray Erlenborn
Newsboy (uncredited)
Robert Graves
Police Officer (uncredited)
Charles Hammond
Street Passerby (uncredited)
Joseph Herrick
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
Austen Jewell
Newsboy (uncredited)
Willie Keeler
Boxer (uncredited)
Robert Parrish
Newsboy (uncredited)
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