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Twenty Minutes of Love

1914·US
Director: Charlie Chaplin, Joseph Maddern
Comedy

Charlie is hanging around in the park, finding problems with a jealous suitor, a man who thinks that Charlie has robbed him a watch, a policeman and even a little boy, all because our friend can't stop snooping.

Charlie is hanging around in the park, finding problems with a jealous suitor, a man who thinks that Charlie has robbed him a watch, a policeman and even a little boy, all because our friend can't stop snooping.

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Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Pickpocket

Minta Durfee

Minta Durfee

Edgar's Girl

Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

Lover

Gordon Griffith

Gordon Griffith

Boy

Chester Conklin

Chester Conklin

Pickpocket

Josef Swickard

Josef Swickard

Victim

Hank Mann

Hank Mann

Sleeper

E

Eva Nelson

Pickpocket's Girl

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