A King in New York

"The King of Comedians!"

Sep 23 1957 G 1h 50m
Comedy, Drama

A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.

Plot

Due to a revolution in his country, King Shahdov comes to New York - almost broke. To get some money he goes to TV, making commercials and meets the child from communist parents. Due to this he is suddenly a suspected as a communist himself and has to face one of McCarthy's hearings.

Written by

Charles Chaplin

Directed by

Charles Chaplin

Cast

Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom

Production Companies

Charles Chaplin Productions

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Trailers
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Scores
# of Votes
9,740
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
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Popularity
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