Safety Last! (1923)
Safety Last! (1923)
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Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Harold Lloyd
The Boy / Additional Writing
Mildred Davis
The Girl
Bill Strother
The Pal / Stunts
Noah Young
The Law
Westcott Clarke
The Floorwalker
Roy Brooks
Man Laughing from Window (uncredited)
Chester A. Bachman
Friendly Cop
Mickey Daniels
Newsboy with Freckles (uncredited)
Ed Brandenburg
Man in Straw Boater Hat
Richard Daniels
Worker with Acetylene Torch (uncredited)
Ray Erlenborn
Newsboy with Cap (uncredited)
William Gillespie
General Manager's Assistant (uncredited)
Charley Chase
Bystander at Climbing
Monte Collins Sr.
Laundry Truck Driver
Helen Gilmore
Department Store Customer (uncredited)
Wally Howe
Man with Flowers / Studio Photographer (uncredited) / Makeup Artist
James T. Kelley
Old Driver of Delivery Truck (uncredited)
Billie Latimer
Tall Customer (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
Office Worker (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin
Pawnshop Owner (uncredited)
Earl Mohan
Drunk Exiting Acme Drug Co. (uncredited)
H.M. Walker
Writer
Marie Mosquini
Salesgirl (uncredited)
Kevin Brownlow
Producer
Fred C. Newmeyer
Car Driver Who Gets Parking Ticket (uncredited) / Director
David Gill
Producer
Jeffrey Vance
Producer
Charles Stevenson
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Carl Davis
Composer
Anna Townsend
Tiny Old Lady Helped by $50 Ruse (uncredited)
Don Hulette
Composer
Patrick Youch
Onlooker - Clock Sequence (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 1, 1923
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 13m
Content RatingNR
Budget$121,000
Box Office$1,500,000
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Safety Last! is a 1923 American silent romantic-comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It includes one of the most famous images from the silent-film era: Lloyd clutching the hands of a large clock as he dangles from the outside of a skyscraper above moving traffic. The film was highly successful and critically hailed, and it cemented Lloyd's status as a major figure in early motion pictures. It is still popular at revivals, and it is viewed today as one of the great film comedies.
The film's title is a play on the common expression "safety first", which describes the adoption of safety measures as a means to avoid accidents, especially in workplaces. Lloyd performed some of the climbing stunts himself, despite having lost a thumb and forefinger four years earlier in a film accident.
In 1994, Safety Last! was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It is one of many works from 1923 that notably entered the public domain in the United States in 2019, the first time any works had done so in 20 years.