The Gold Rush (1925)

Name: The Gold Rush (1925)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western, Family
Released: June 26, 1925
Rating: 90
Cast: Charles Chaplin

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United Artists | Release Date: June 26, 1925

Starring: Charles Chaplin

Summary: The Tramp goes the Klondike in search of gold and finds it and more.

Director: Charles Chaplin

Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western, Family

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100

The Observer (UK) Philip French

Jun 25, 2025

This technically simple, endlessly inventive film balanced laughter and pathos; its cabin fever sequence is unsurpassed. [28 Feb 2010, p.24]

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John Bleasdale

Jun 25, 2025

Chaplin’s humour is shot through with darkness, loneliness and violence, like chili pepper in chocolate. Read full review

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Staff (Not Credited)

Jun 24, 2025

It is the greatest and most elaborate comedy ever filmed, and will stand for years as the biggest hit in its field. Read full review

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Almar Haflidason

Jun 25, 2025

This comedy gem features some of [Chaplin's] funniest scenes, including him eating his boot. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Jun 25, 2025

[Chaplin] has done for comedy what Victor Herbert did for "jazz." [22 Sep 1925, p.8]

Dave Kehr

Jun 24, 2025

The blend of slapstick and pathos is seamless, although the cynicism of the final scene is still surprising. Chaplin’s later films are quirkier and more personal, but this is quintessential Charlie, and unmissable. Read full review

Geoff Andrew

Jun 24, 2025

Mercifully, it lacks the pretentious moralising of his later work, and is far more professionally put together. But for all its relative dramatic coherence, it's still hard to see how it was ever taken as a masterpiece. Read full review

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