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Safety Last! (1923)

70 min  -  Comedy | Romance | Thriller  -   1 April 1923 (USA)
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When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

Directors:

Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor

Writers:

Hal Roach (story), Sam Taylor (story), and 4 more credits »

Stars:

Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis and Bill Strother
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Harold Lloyd ...
The Boy / Harold Lloyd
Mildred Davis Mildred Davis ...
The Girl
Bill Strother Bill Strother ...
The Pal
Noah Young Noah Young ...
The Law
Westcott Clarke Westcott Clarke ...
The Floorwalker (as Westcott B. Clarke)
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Storyline

In 1922, the country boy Harold says goodbye to his mother and his girlfriend Mildred in the train station and leaves Great Bend expecting to be successful in the big city. Harold promises to Mildred to get married with her as soon as he "make good". Harold shares a room with his friend "Limpy" Bill and he finally gets a job as salesman in the De Vore Department Store. However, he pawns Bill's phonograph, buys a lavaliere and writes to Mildred telling that he is a manager of De Vore. One day, Harold sees an old friend from Great Bend that is a policeman and when he meets his friend Bill, he asks Bill to push the policeman over him and make him fall down. However Bill pushes the wrong policeman that chases him, but he escapes climbing up a building. Out of the blue, Mildred is convinced by her mother to visit Harold without previous notice and he pretends to be the manager of De Vore... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  

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Department Store | Human Fly | Ledge | Publicity Stunt | Clock  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Thriller

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Country:

USA

Language:

English (intertitles)

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Also Known As:

Monte là-dessus! See more »

Filming Locations:

Atlantic Hotel, Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hal Roach Studios See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

(24 fps)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

Premiere ranked this movie as number one on its "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" list in 2006. (It should be noted that this list was ranked chronologically, so this movie's number one ranking only reflects that it is the oldest movie on the list.) See more »

Goofs

Continuity: After the scene where the boy sends the girl off in the car, the ladder has inexplicably moved further to the right. See more »

Connections

Spoofed in Shanghai Knights (2003) See more »