二十年代的美国处于经济萧条时期,失业率居高不下,工人受尽压榨,成为了大机器消费中的一颗螺丝钉。查理(查理·卓别林 Charles Chaplin 饰)就是一个底层市民,他在一个机器隆隆的厂房里日以继夜地任务,以赚取微薄的支出。重复繁重的任务压得他喘不过气,他把人们的鼻子当成螺丝钉来拧,卷入流水线机器的皮带里,令人苦笑不得。 查理虽然贫穷,但却很残酷。他在路上陷害了漂泊女,和她一同生活,家里褴褛却...
Robert Tucker, a sorrowful, solitary man, given to bouts of weeping, tries to balance his life caring for his aging mother, his Catholicism, his homosexuality, and his dull job. One night, after his m...