Description

Police was Charlie Chaplin’s 14th released film from Essanay released in 1916 in film. It was made at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles. Charlie playing an ex-convict finds life on the outside not to his liking and leads him to breaking into a home with another thief (Wesley Ruggles). Edna Purviance plays the girl living in the home who tries to change him.

Cast

• Charles Chaplin – Charlie, Convict 999
• Edna Purviance – Daughter of the House
• Wesley Ruggles – Jailbird and Thief
• James T. Kelley – Drunk with Pockets Picked/Second Flophouse Customer
• Leo White – Fruitseller/Flop House Manager/Policeman
• John Rand (actor) – Fruitseller/Flop House Manager/Policeman
• Fred Goodwins – Honest Preacher/Policeman with Monocle
• Billy Armstrong (actor) – Crooked Preacher/Second Cop
• Snub Pollard – Crooked Preacher/Second Cop
• Bud Jamison – Third Flophouse Customer
• Paddy McGuire (actor) – Fifth Flophouse Customer
• George Cleethorpe – Policeman at Station with Moustache