Safety Last!
“You're Going to Explode With "Safety Laughs" when You see This Fun Bomb.”
Harold LloydCast
Harold Lloyd 
Mildred Davis Bill Strother
Plot
A country boy goes to the big city to make his fortune and writes to his girlfriend that he has a good job. In fact he is a lowly clerk in a department store. To win a prize he offers to arrange a publicity stunt in which a friend will climb the face of the building, but the friend is chased by a policeman, and the hero must climb it himself, floor by floor. Harold Lloyd's 1923 comedy ends with him hanging from the hands of a clock, an image that remains one of the most famous in cinema.
Sinekatalog’s take
Harold Lloyd climbs a skyscraper in a stunt-filled comedy that gave cinema its famous clock-hanging image. The thrill is real, and the gags are timed with great precision.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.1 / 10 (25,223 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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