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A King in New York (1957)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:7
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Chaplin plays a deposed king of a European country who comes penniless to the U.S. To start a new life. This satire of American society, made during the height of the McCarthy era, was withheld... Chaplin plays a deposed king of a European country who comes penniless to the U.S. To start a new life. This satire of American society, made during the height of the McCarthy era, was withheld from U.S. release until 1973. [More]
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Dawn Addams, Oliver Johnston, Maxine Audley
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Dawn Addams, Oliver Johnston, Maxine Audley, Phil Brown, Alan Gifford, Shani Wallis, Michael Chaplin, Harry Green, Sidney James, Jerry Desmonde
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Screenwriter: Charlie Chaplin
Producer: Charlie Chaplin
Composer: Charlie Chaplin
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Reviews for A King in New York
The coming of talkie films has been unkind to the legendary silent film comic, Charlie Chaplin.
Taking a fire hose to HUAC is an impulse worth applauding, but the overall movie is so tone-deaf and tired that the method sinks the message.
Though constrained by budget and the unfamiliar methods of British studios, the film is nonetheless Chaplin's last great gift to the world.
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