Easy Street (1917) - Charlie

Easy Street (1917) - Charlie

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.

A reformed tramp becomes a policeman to fight a huge thug terrorizing an inner city street. Easy Street.

Directors: Charlie Chaplin, Edward Brewer
Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin, Vincent P. Bryan, Maverick Terrell
Producers: Charlie Chaplin, Henry P. Caulfield
Cinematography: Roland Totheroh, George C. Zalibra