Info
Year: | 1931 |
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Original Title: | City Lights |
Length: | 87 minutes |
Genre: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Studios: | United Artists |
Release Dates
United Kingdom: February 27 1931
United States: January 30 1931
Ranking
Ranking: 4,124 out of 16,229 movies (up 1883)
Ranked #177 in list 'The best movies ever'
Ranked #43 in list 'The best comedies'
9.4 by 15 users
Plot
Charles Chaplin is the vagabond Charlot again in this classic. Charlot, a homeless man, meets a blind flower seller girl and falls in love for her. He also prevents the suicide of a drunk millionaire, who will be eternally grateful ... until he sobers up, then he will forgets having met Charlot. The blind wman and Charlot begin a relationship, but she thinks he's a millionaire, so when she are about to foreclose on her home, the vagabond will work on whatever is necessary to get the money and thus prevent impound his beloved. After going through multiple jobs without success, even boxer, he decides to ask the drunk whom he saved for the money that he need, which will have the police chasing him.