Story Line
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
“6 reels of Joy.”
Top Cast
Charlie Chaplin
A Tramp
Jackie Coogan
The Kid
Carl Miller
The Man
Edna Purviance
The Woman
Albert Austin
Car Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited)
Beulah Bains
Bride (uncredited)
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Rating
8.1/ 10
Release Date
1921-01-21
Runtime
1h 8m
Genres
ComedyDrama
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User Reviews (3)
Andres Gomez
8/10
•2/25/2016Cute and funny. It is difficult to say anything new from this movie or Charles Chaplin. He just delivers a complete story with a lot of different elements. Remarkable is also the performance of Jackie Coogan.
barrymost
6/10
•7/28/2021If you enjoy this review, please check out my blog, Old Hat Cinema, at https://oldhatcinema.medium.com/ for more reviews and other cool content.
Two Little Tramps
The most amazing thing about Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid is that it was released in...
CinemaSerf
8/10
•7/14/2024An impoverished woman (Edna Purviance) feels compelled to abandon her child in the hope that he might find a better life - so she leaves him (with a short note) in the back of a car. The two men who find the little bundle don't want anything to do wi...