About
Considered one of Charlie Chaplin's best films, The Kid also made a star of little Jackie Coogan, who plays a boy cared for by The Tramp when he's abandoned by his mother, Edna. Later, Edna has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son. When she finds him and wrests him from The Tramp, it makes for what turns out be one of the most heart-wrenching scenes ever included in a comedy.
Cast
Charlie Chaplin
A Tramp
Jackie Coogan
The Kid
Edna Purviance
Mother
Albert Austin
Man in shelter
Beulah Bains
Bride
Carl Miller
The Man
Henry Bergman
Night shelter keeper
Kitty Bradbury
Bride's mother
Nellie Bly Baker
Slum nurse
Keywords
fistfight semi autobiographical slapstick suicide attempt class differences angel rich poor dream sequence abandoned car theft foundling illegitimate son little tramp
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Lists
#98 on IMDb top 250 IMDb
#300 on 1,000 greatest films They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?