"A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son."
Charlie Chaplin
as A Tramp
Jackie Coogan
as The Kid
Carl Miller
as The Man
Edna Purviance
as The Woman
Albert Austin
as Car Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited)
Beulah Bains
as Bride (uncredited)
Nellie Bly Baker
as Slum Nurse (uncredited)
Henry Bergman
as Professor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited)
Edward Biby
as Orphan Asylum Driver (uncredited)
B.F. Blinn
as Assistant (uncredited)
Kitty Bradbury
as Bride's Mother (uncredited)
Frank Campeau
as Welfare Officer (uncredited)
Bliss Chevalier
as Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Frances Cochran
as Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
Jack Coogan Sr.
as Pickpocket / Guest / Devil (uncredited)
Estelle Cook
Lillian Crane
Philip D'Oench
Dan Dillon
as Bum (uncredited)
Robert Dunbar
as Bridegroom (uncredited)
Florette Faulkner
Gloria Faythe
as Little Girl (uncredited)
Rupert Franklin
as Bride's Father / Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
Sadie Gordon
as Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
Lita Grey
as Flirtatious Angel (uncredited)
Frank Hale
Martha Hall
Jules Hanft
as Physician (uncredited)
Louise Hathaway
as Extra in Alley Scene (uncredited)
Silas Hathaway
as The Kid as a Baby (uncredited)
Flora Howard
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Ed Hunt
Lulu Jenks
Irene Jennings
Kathleen Kay
as Maid (uncredited)
Grace Keller
Sarah Kernan
Raymond Lee
as His Kid Brother (uncredited)
Walter Lynch
as Tough Cop (uncredited)
V. Madison
Clyde McAtee
Michael J. McCarthy
as Extra (Angel) Heaven & (Cook) Alley Scene (uncredited)
John McKinnon
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
Ethel O'Neil
Lew Parker
Charles I. Pierce
Laura Pollard
Evans Quirk
Esther Ralston
Granville Redmond
as The Man's Friend (uncredited)
Charles Reisner
as Bully (uncredited)
Henry Roser
J.B. Russell
George V. Sheldon
Edgar Sherrod
as Priest (uncredited)
Elsie Sindora
Minnie Stearns
as Fierce Woman (uncredited)
Arthur Thalasso
as Car Thief with Gun (uncredited)
Edith Valk
as Lady with Baby Carriage (uncredited)
May White
as Edna's Maid (uncredited)
S.D. Wilcox
as Cop (uncredited)
Edith Wilson
as Baby in Carriage (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
as Policeman (uncredited)
Amanda Yanez
Baby Yanez
Elsie Young
Director
Producer
Writer
Original Music Composer