The Tramp

The Tramp

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1915-04-12
Genre:Comedy
Duration:26 min
Director:Charlie Chaplin
Actors:Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Ernest Van Pelt, Paddy McGuire, Lloyd Bacon
Production:The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

Overview:

The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life. Unwilling to be a problem in their lives, he takes to the road, though he is seen skipping and swinging his cane as if happy to be back on the road where he knows he belongs.

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