Police (1916)

191626mdir. Charlie ChaplinUnited Statescomedy filmsilent film

With Charlie Chaplin, Wesley Ruggles, Leo White, Bud Jamison, James T. Kelley, John Rand, Paddy McGuire, Snub Pollard

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

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Police is a 1916 film and Charlie Chaplin's 14th with Essanay Studios. It was made at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles. Charlie plays an ex-convict who finds life on the outside not to his liking and leads him to breaking into a home with another thief (Wesley Ruggles). Edna Purviance plays the girl living in the home who tries to change him.

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