The read
It runs a compact 28m.
Synopsis
An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's safe.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
116 audience votes
Key crew
- Charlie ChaplinDirector
- Vincent BryanScreenplay
- Maverick TerrellScreenplay
- Charlie ChaplinScreenplay
Cast
- Charlie ChaplinImpecunious Customer
- Eric CampbellStore Manager
- Edna PurvianceStore Manager's Secretary
- Lloyd BaconAssistant Manager
- Charlotte MineauStore Detective
- Albert AustinShop Assistant
- Leo WhiteElegant Customer
- Frank J. ColemanJanitor (uncredited)
- James T. KelleyLift Boy (uncredited)
- Henry BergmanOld Man (uncredited)
- John RandPoliceman (uncredited)
- Wesley RugglesPoliceman (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
department storeslapstick comedysilent filmdoppelgängershort film