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Quick Info

Rating

8.3/10

Release1936

Runtime1h 27m

StatusReleased

Budget$1,500,000

Revenue$1,800,000

Production

Charles Chaplin Productions

Movie

Modern Times

1936

1h 27m

8.3

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Synopsis

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..

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