A factory production line worker who gets on the wrong side of his Big Brother-style bosses once too often and is thrown into a mental institution - and on his release suffers all manner of mishaps and misunderstandings while trying to eke out a living on the streets. Satirical comedy written, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, with Paulette Goddard and Henry Bergman.

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..