Safety Last! is a 1923 romantic comedy silent film starring Harold Lloyd. It includes one of the most famous images from the silent film era: Lloyd clutching the hands of a large clock as he dangles from the outside of a skyscraper above moving traffic. The film was highly successful and critically hailed, and it cemented Lloyd's status as a major figure in early motion pictures. It is still popular at revivals, and it is viewed today as one of the great film comedies. The film's title is a play on the common expression, "Safety first!," which places safety as the primary priority to avoid... accidents. Lloyd performed some of his climbing stunts despite losing a thumb and forefinger in an accident while making a film four years earlier. The film opens in 1922 with Harold Lloyd behind bars. His mother and his girlfriend, Mildred, consoling him as a somber official and priest show up. The three of them walk toward what looks like a noose. It then becomes obvious they are at a train station and the "noose" is actually a trackside pickup hoop used by train crews to receive orders without stopping, and the bars are merely the ticket barrier.
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| Release date: | April 1, 1923 |
| Directed by: | Fred C. Newmeyer, Samuel Taylor, Sam Taylor |
| Runtime: | 73 Minutes |
| Producer: | Hal Roach |
| Editor: | Fred Guiol |
| Cinematography: | Walter Lundin |
| Screenplay by: | Hal Roach, Samuel Taylor, Sam Taylor, Tim Whelan |
| Genre: | Comedy, Thriller, Adventure |