The Circus

Plot

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

  • Charlie Chaplin

    Director

  • Charlie Chaplin

    Writer

  • Roland Totheroh

    Director of Photography

  • Charlie Chaplin

    Editor

  • Charlie Chaplin

    A Tramp

  • Al Ernest Garcia

    The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master

  • Merna Kennedy

    The Proprietor's Step-Daughter Merna, a Circus Rider

  • Harry Crocker

    Rex, a Tight Rope Walker

  • George Davis

    A Magician

  • Henry Bergman

    An Old Clown

  • Tiny Sandford

    The Head Property Man

  • John Rand

    An Assistant Property Man

  • Steve Murphy

    A Pickpocket

  • Albert Austin

    Clown (uncredited)

  • Chester A. Bachman

    Cop (uncredited)

  • Eugene Barry

    Cop (uncredited)

  • Jack Bernard

    Man in Circus Audience (uncredited)

  • Stanley Blystone

    Cop (uncredited)

  • Heinie Conklin

    Clown (uncredited)

  • Toraichi Kono

    Man in Circus Audience (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

  • H.L. Kyle

    Man in Circus Audience (uncredited)

  • Betty Morrissey

    The Vanishing Lady (uncredited)

  • Jack Pierce

    Man Operating Ropes (uncredited)

  • Wyn Ritchie Evans

    Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

  • Hugh Saxon

    Man in Circus Audience (uncredited)

  • Doc Stone

    The Prizefighter (uncredited)

  • Armand Triller

    Clown (uncredited)

  • Max Tyron

    Pickpocket Victim (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    73 minutes

    Released

    1928-01-29

    Languages

    No Language

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Charles Chaplin Productions

    Sound

  • Charlie Chaplin

    Music

  • Updated

    39 days ago

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