A slapstick comedy starring Charlie Chaplin as a screwball kitchenhand who unwittingly foils Colonel W. Nutt’s scientific research and in the process involves everyone around him in a search for local train robbers. Also stars: Billy Armstrong, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman, Bud Jamison, James J. Kelley, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Edna Purviance, Wesley Ruggles and Leo White.
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ACMI Identifier
315210
Language
English
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)