Safety Last! is a 1923 American silent romantic-comedy 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.
Theatrical release poster
The iconic shot of Lloyd hanging from the clock
Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.
Lloyd in 1924
1917 advertisement featuring Lloyd as "Lonesome Luke", with Snub Pollard and Bebe Daniels
Film still of Harold Lloyd and his future wife Mildred Davis in A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
Lloyd in Grandma's Boy (1922)