Easy Street
(1917)
★ 7.1 IMDb · 187 votes
Year: 1917
Runtime: 26 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Чарли Чаплин
Cast: Чарли Чаплин, Эдна Первиэнс, Эрик Кэмпбелл, Lloyd Bacon, Генри Бергман, Erich von Stroheim Jr., Charlotte Mineau, Tom Wood, Janet Sully, Frank J. Coleman
Plot
A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.
When Charlie the Tramp wanders into a mission he is smitten by Edna and puts back the collection box which he has taken. Reformed, he becomes a policeman and is assigned to rough-and-tumble Easy Street. Unable to trick or beat Eric the Tough, he puts Eric's head in a gas pipe and anesthetizes him. A hero, he now helps many poor people living on Easy Street. Eric escapes jail, Edna is kidnapped, but Charlie (recharged after sitting on a doper's needle) conquers all. Easy Street is transformed as is Eric.