Police (1916)

Police is Charlie Chaplin's 14th film with Essanay Studios and was released in 1916. It was made at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles. Charlie plays an ex-convict who 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.



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