Modern Times(1936)
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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..
Movie: Modern Times
Top 10 Billed Cast
The Tramp (A Factory Worker)
A Gamin
Cafe Proprietor
Big Bill
Mechanic
Burglar
Gamin's Father
President of the Electro Steel Corp.
Prison Cellmate
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