A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
Pearl Mackie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Jeff Rawle
Charlie Chaplin 1966
Matthew Wolf
Richard Meryman
Dickie Beau
Roddy McDowall
Anne Rosenfeld
Effie Wisdom
Dominic Marsh
Kevin Brownlow
Paul Leonard
Spokeperson
Eben Young
First Journalist
Haley Flaherty
Third Journalist
Alvah Bessie
Herbert J. Biberman
Geraldine Chaplin
Jane Chaplin
Michael Chaplin
Oona O'Neill Chaplin
Virginia Cherrill
Jackie Coogan
Alistair Cooke
Walt Disney
Adolf Hitler
Mahatma Gandhi
Paulette Goddard
Lita Grey
Mildred Harris
J. Edgar Hoover
Hedda Hopper
Ring Lardner, Jr.
Albert Maltz
Joseph McCarthy
Edna Purviance
Paul Robeson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mack Sennett
Robert Taylor
Dalton Trumbo
Orson Welles
Self (archive sound)
David Olawale Ayinde
Freelance Journalist (uncredited)
Charlie Carter
David Gill (uncredited)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Merv Griffin
Oliver Hardy
Al Jolson
Buster Keaton
Stan Laurel
Sarah Lawn
Reporter 3 (uncredited)
Jack Lemmon
Harold Lloyd
Pete Middleton
Director, Writer, Producer
Oliver Kindeberg
Writer
James Spinney
Writer, Producer
John Battsek
Producer
Mike Brett
Jo Jo Ellison
Steve Jamison
Ben Limberg
Matt Houghton
Dec 22, 2022
Jun 1, 1972
Nov 13, 2014
Jun 30, 2022
Jan 10, 1988
Nov 12, 2014
Jan 1, 1988
Oct 26, 2003
Jul 27, 2015
Jan 21, 2022
Aug 2, 2019
Apr 20, 2017
Sep 16, 2023
Nov 11, 2025
Jan 19, 2018
Jan 30, 2023
Showtime Documentary Films
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United Kingdom
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