Police is Charlie Chaplin's 14th film with Essanay Studios and was released in 1916. It was made at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles. Charlie plays an ex-convict who finds life on the outside not to his liking and leads him to breaking into a home with another thief (Wesley Ruggles). Edna Purviance plays the girl living in the home who tries to change him. br br br br Starring: br Charles Chaplin as Charlie, Convict 999 br Edna Purviance as Daughter of the House br Wesley Ruggles as Jailbird and Thief br James T.