The story of how Charlie Chaplin spent twenty of the last years of his life in self-imposed
exile from the United States where he had lived for nearly fifty years because of relentless
criticism during the 1950s Red Scare which in Chaplin's case masqueraded as a moral crusade
against Chaplin who had a sorry reputation for liaisons with very young women. During these
years in exile he made his last and by general agreement worst films -- and then returned
home to a triumphant reception.