Modern Times

Modern Times (1936)

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A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..

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  • Release Date: 1936-02-05
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Director: Charlie Chaplin

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  • Trailer

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    Cast

    • Charlie Chaplin

      The Tramp (A Factory Worker)

    • Paulette Goddard

      A Gamin

    • Henry Bergman

      Cafe Proprietor

    • Tiny Sandford

      Big Bill

    • Chester Conklin

      Mechanic

    • Hank Mann

      Burglar

    • Stanley Blystone

      Gamin's Father

    • Al Ernest Garcia

      President of the Electro Steel Corp.

    • Richard Alexander

      Prison Cellmate

    • Cecil Reynolds

      Minister

    • Mira McKinney

      Minister's Wife

    • Murdock MacQuarrie

      J. Widdecombe Billows

    • Wilfred Lucas

      Juvenile Officer

    • Edward LeSaint

      Sheriff Couler

    • Fred Malatesta

      Cafe Head Waiter

    • Sammy Stein

      Turbine Operator

    • Juana Sutton

      Woman with Buttoned Bosom

    • Ted Oliver

      Billows' Assistant

    • Norman Ainsley

      Billows' Silent Assistant (uncredited)

    • Walter Bacon

      Shopkeeper (uncredited)

    • Bobby Barber

      Worker (uncredited)

    • Heinie Conklin

      Assembly Line Worker Next to Big Bill (uncredited)

    • Gloria DeHaven

      Gamin's Sister (uncredited)

    • Gloria Delson

      Gamin's Sister (uncredited)

    • Pat Flaherty

      Jail Guard (uncredited)

    • Frank Hagney

      Shipbuilder (uncredited)

    • Chuck Hamilton

      Worker (uncredited)

    • Pat Harmon

      Paddywagon Policeman (uncredited)

    • Lloyd Ingraham

      Frustrated Cafe Patron (uncredited)

    • Walter James

      Assembly Line Foreman (uncredited)

    • Edward Kimball

      Doctor (uncredited)

    • Jack Low

      Worker (uncredited)

    • Buddy Messinger

      Cigar Counterman (uncredited)

    • Bruce Mitchell

      Paddy Wagon Policeman (uncredited)

    • Frank Moran

      Convict (uncredited)

    • James C. Morton

      Assembly Line Relief Man (uncredited)

    • Dorothy Mueller

      Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

    • Louis Natheaux

      Burglar (uncredited)

    • J. C. Nugent

      Department Store Section Manager (uncredited)

    • Russ Powell

      Gypsy in Police Patrol Wagon (uncredited)

    • John Rand

      Waiter (uncredited)

    • Wyn Ritchie Evans

      Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

    • Harry Wilson

      Worker (uncredited)

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