A typical Charlie Chaplin comedy slapstick short. The tramp has hit hard times by now and is a convict! After much mayhem in some sand dunes, he manages to escape prison. Charlie then saves a girl (Edna Purviance) from drowning and is invited to her home. His new status as a hero makes it easy for the authorities to track him down of course!
Well this is classic Chaplin, a number of ingenious comedy set pieces. This is one of the best of his early films. It maybe lacks a but of depth but doesn't lack for humour.
