Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house, but Edna, the house's owner, catches them and calls the police. Charlie, however, manages to charm his way out of trouble .... at least for the moment.

查理在裁缝店作伙计，一天裁缝决定冒充伯爵去一个妇人家做各并让查理冒充他的秘书。可他们在餐桌上查理出尽了洋相，这个时候，真的伯爵却到了……

After a night on the town, Charlie comes home to the house where he is staying, drunk and unable to find his key. For the next twenty minutes he staggers into, out of, and through the house in an inebriated confrontation with the house itself.

Charlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client's clock while examining it in detail.

查理是一个失意的街头提琴手，他的琴声唤起了一个可怜的姑娘对生活的希望。就在这时查理得知这个姑娘有一个富有的家庭，查理明白自己和姑娘的身份相差悬殊，就决定独自离开。可突然，姑娘又出现在了他的面前……

他在无声黑白的年代，含泪而笑，你在五彩缤纷的时代，狂笑而泪。把笑留给人类，把泪吞进肚里……卓别林是20世纪最伟大的批判现实主义电影艺术家，也是世界上最著名的喜剧明星。他最突出的贡献就是他把为笑而笑的庸俗“闹剧”提升到批判现实主义艺术的高度。他以独特的喜剧艺术表演风格和辛辣的讽刺，既尖锐地批判了资本主义社会的罪恶，又表现了对幸福生活和美好理想百折不挠的追求，让观众在笑声中流泪。卓别林写下了好莱坞电影史乃至世界电影史上最光辉的一页。剧情: 查理在裁缝店作伙计，一天裁缝决定冒充伯爵去一个妇人家做各并让查理冒充他的秘书。可他们在餐桌上查理出尽了洋相，这个时候，真的伯爵却到了。