# Safety Last! (1923)

The comic genius of silent star Harold Lloyd is eternal. Chaplin is the sweet innocent, Keaton the stoic outsider, but Lloyd—the modern guy striving for success—is us. And with its torrent of perfectly executed gags and astonishing stunts, Safety Last! is the perfect introduction to him. Lloyd plays a small-town bumpkin trying to make it in the big city, who finds employment as a lowly department-store clerk. He comes up with a wild publicity stunt to draw attention to the store, resulting in an incredible feat of derring-do on his part that gets him started on the climb to success. Laugh-out-loud funny and jaw-dropping in equal measure, Safety Last! is a movie experience par excellence, anchored by a genuine legend. Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor Story by Hal Roach, Sam Taylor, and Tim Whelan Titles by H.M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Cinematography by Walter Lundin Edited by T.J. Crizer Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young, and Westcott B. Clarke Musical score by composer Carl Davis from 1989

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1923
- By: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
- Genres: Comedy, Silent
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/safety-last-1923)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/safety-last-1923?play=1)