Charlie Chaplin (1951)

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"The Pilgrim" 167 hesitates until some bandits make their appearance in Mexico. With the "law" on one side and lawlessness on the other, Charlie runs down the boundary line, hopping from one side to the other according to circumstances. Finally, straddling the border with one foot in each country, but with both feet ready to take the easiest way at the first indication of danger from either side, he rapidly waddles off into the distance. In this humorous and eloquent ending some have seen a symbol of the eternal pilgrim on the tragic roads of the world.