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Modern Times

Modern Times

8,3 /10 (4,076 Votes)
1936 EN 87 min

Overview

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

05/02/1936

Votes

4,076

Popularity

7.6

He stands alone as the greatest entertainer of modern times! No one on earth can make you laugh as heartily or touch your heart as deeply...the whole world laughs, cries and thrills to his priceless genius!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

87 min

Budget

$1,500,000

Revenue

$1,800,000

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

The Tramp (A Factory Worker)

Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard

A Gamin

Henry Bergman

Henry Bergman

Cafe Proprietor

Tiny Sandford

Tiny Sandford

Big Bill

Chester Conklin

Chester Conklin

Mechanic

Hank Mann

Hank Mann

Burglar

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

Gamin's Father

Al Ernest Garcia

Al Ernest Garcia

President of the Electro Steel Corp.

Richard Alexander

Richard Alexander

Prison Cellmate

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Cecil Reynolds

Minister

Mira McKinney

Mira McKinney

Minister's Wife

Murdock MacQuarrie

Murdock MacQuarrie

J. Widdecombe Billows

Wilfred Lucas

Wilfred Lucas

Juvenile Officer

Edward LeSaint

Edward LeSaint

Sheriff Couler

Fred Malatesta

Fred Malatesta

Cafe Head Waiter

Sammy Stein

Sammy Stein

Turbine Operator

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Juana Sutton

Woman with Buttoned Bosom

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Ted Oliver

Billows' Assistant

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Norman Ainsley

Billows' Silent Assistant (uncredited)

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Walter Bacon

Shopkeeper (uncredited)

Bobby Barber

Bobby Barber

Worker (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Heinie Conklin

Assembly Line Worker Next to Big Bill (uncredited)

Gloria DeHaven

Gloria DeHaven

Gamin's Sister (uncredited)

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Gloria Delson

Gamin's Sister (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Pat Flaherty

Jail Guard (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Frank Hagney

Shipbuilder (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Chuck Hamilton

Worker (uncredited)

Pat Harmon

Pat Harmon

Paddywagon Policeman (uncredited)

Lloyd Ingraham

Lloyd Ingraham

Frustrated Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Walter James

Walter James

Assembly Line Foreman (uncredited)

Edward Kimball

Edward Kimball

Doctor (uncredited)

No photo

Jack Low

Worker (uncredited)

Buddy Messinger

Buddy Messinger

Cigar Counterman (uncredited)

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Bruce Mitchell

Paddy Wagon Policeman (uncredited)

Frank Moran

Frank Moran

Convict (uncredited)

James C. Morton

James C. Morton

Assembly Line Relief Man (uncredited)

No photo

Dorothy Mueller

Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

Louis Natheaux

Burglar (uncredited)

J. C. Nugent

J. C. Nugent

Department Store Section Manager (uncredited)

Russ Powell

Russ Powell

Gypsy in Police Patrol Wagon (uncredited)

John Rand

John Rand

Waiter (uncredited)

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Wyn Ritchie Evans

Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

Harry Wilson

Worker (uncredited)

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Andres Gomez

2013-11-05

⭐ 8

Really good movie from visionary and fun Charlie Chaplin in which industry literally swallows the human being.

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-06-19

⭐ 7

I wonder how many people watch this nowadays and sympathise immediately with Chaplin's unskilled worker trying to keep up with the relentless march of technology? It starts with him being an unwilling guinea pig for a gadget that appears as useful for cleaning teeth as it is for feeding him - a cunning invention which allegedly saves time, money and increases productivity... Needless to say, it's a crock of the proverbial - but that's just the start with these wacky, frequently absurd, ideas that sees our hapless hero expend considerable energy and quick-wittedness trying to stay one step ahea…

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