The Pilgrim

Independent Films, Comedy

When Charlie escapes from prison he dons a preacher's clothes. By mistake he becomes the new minister for the town of Devil's Gulch. Later, discovered as the convict, the sheriff takes Charlie to the Mexican border where he can choose to return, a convict, or face Mexican bandits at war with each other.

Tags

• Charlie Chaplin
• prison
• pilgrim
• sheriff
• convict
• Mexican
• bandit
• comedy
• early cinema
• hollywood

Directors:

• Charles Chaplin

Producers:

• Charles Chaplin

Actors:

• Charles Chaplin ... The Pilgrim Edna Purviance ... Miss Brown Kitty Bradbury ... Mrs. Brown, Edna's Mother Syd Chaplin ... Eloper/Train Conductor/Little Boy's Father (as Sydney Chaplin) Mack Swain ... Deacon Mai Wells ... Little Boy's Mother Dean Riesner ... Little Boy (as Dinky Reisner) Loyal Underwood ... Elder Charles Reisner ... Howard Huntington, Crook (as Chuck Reisner) Tom Murray ... Sheriff Bryan Henry Bergman ... Sheriff on Train/Man In Railroad Station