The Circus

Charlie Chaplin paid tribute to the acrobats and pantomimists who inspired his virtuoso pratfalls in this gag-packed comedy, an uproarious high-wire act that ranks among the director-performer's finest work - and the last film he made during the silent era at the peak of his comic powers. After being mistaken for a pickpocket, Chaplin's Tramp flees into the ring of a traveling circus and soon becomes the star of the show, falling for the troupe's bareback rider along the way.