Directed by:
Charlie ChaplinScreenplay:
Charlie ChaplinComposer:
Charlie ChaplinCast:
Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Chester Conklin, Lloyd Ingraham, Louis Natheaux, Gloria DeHaven, Richard Alexander, Mira McKinney (more)Plots(1)
Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin’s last outing as the Little Tramp, puts the iconic character to work as a giddily inept factory employee who becomes smitten with a gorgeous gamine (Paulette Goddard). With its barrage of unforgettable gags and sly commentary on class struggle during the Great Depression, Modern Times-though made almost a decade into the talkie era and containing moments of sound (even song!)—is a timeless showcase of Chaplin’s untouchable genius as a director of silent comedy. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Charlie Chaplin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267698_9241dd.jpg)
Charlie Chaplin
UK
Best movies:
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
The Kid (1921)
The Great Dictator (1940)
![Paulette Goddard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267994_7fd67b.jpg)
Paulette Goddard
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
Chaplin (1992) - a.f.
Henry Bergman
USA
Best movies:
The Kid (1921)
Modern Times (1936)
City Lights (1931)
![Chester Conklin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812453_3bbd67.jpg)
Chester Conklin
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Lloyd Ingraham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496844_ba72f6.jpg)
Lloyd Ingraham
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Louis Natheaux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/382/160382196_70b044.jpg)
Louis Natheaux
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
After the Thin Man (1936)
![Gloria DeHaven](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/605/161605946_52ed9b.jpg)
Gloria DeHaven
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Modern Times (1936)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Richard Alexander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886701_57630c.jpg)
Richard Alexander
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
![Mira McKinney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/587/161587701_f1b5cc.jpg)
Mira McKinney
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Fury (1936)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
![Wilfred Lucas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/065/161065009_8f7956.jpg)
Wilfred Lucas
Canada
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Edward LeSaint](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/232/161232017_b9d74f.jpg)
Edward LeSaint
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
![Bobby Barber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/346/159346293_d4aa43.jpg)
Bobby Barber
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
![Chuck Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/354/159354314_9d0f46.jpg)
Chuck Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
![Stanley Blystone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/007/160007033_598bc7.jpg)
Stanley Blystone
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
The Circus (1928)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Frank Hagney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/209/160209542_2e8277.jpg)
Frank Hagney
Australia
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Modern Times (1936)
The General (1926)
![Heinie Conklin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/346/160346043_fdc1fe.gif)
Heinie Conklin
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
![Harry Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/346/160346073_c6f780.jpg)
Harry Wilson
UK
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
![Russ Powell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/411/160411815_6c86c4.jpg)
Russ Powell
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
![Hank Mann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/084/161084346_e6e0ee.jpg)
Hank Mann
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
![Buddy Messinger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/532/161532037_10dad0.jpg)
Buddy Messinger
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Test Pilot (1938)