Easy Street

1917 · Unrated · 24min · Black and White · English

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

IMDb rating - 7.5/10 from 5.2K users

Genres - Short · Comedy

Director - Charles Chaplin(uncredited)

Writer - Vincent Bryan(uncredited) · Charles Chaplin(screenplay) · Maverick Terrell(uncredited)

Stars - Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Eric Campbell

Story line - 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. —Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Release date - February 3, 1917 (United States)

Countries of origin - United States

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Also known as - Затишна вулиця

Production company - Lone Star Corporation