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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.

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

Country boy (Lloyd) heads to the big city to seek success. While working as a clerk in a department store, he talks the manager into offering $1000 to anyone who can bring more customers to the store. He then arranges for a friend, a "human fly," (Strother) to climb the face of the store building as a publicity stunt. Unfortunatly the "human fly" is a wanted man, and when "The Law" (Young) shows, our hero must make the climb, himself. At each ledge he encounters new difficulties, climaxing in the famous 'clock scene.' Written by Herman Seifer <alagain@aol.com> & Chris Goodbread <tasadek@hotmail.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

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

Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English (intertitles)

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Monte là-dessus! See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hal Roach Studios See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

(24 fps)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1994. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: The Boy knows the Cop is behind him from the position of long shadows, but the cop is too far behind the boy for the shadow to be seen. In other shots where shadows from people are seen, including Boy and Cop, the shadows are short. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) See more »