The conflict here is between Charlie the wealthy and alcoholic husband and Charlie the Tramp: the idle rich and the idle poor. In the opening scene wealthy Edna descends from a Pullman car while the Tramp crawls out from under another one. At a fancy masquerade ball Edna's husband appears as a knight whose visor is stuck closed. The Tramp shows up, running from the law, and is mistaken for the husband. Edna finds the new "husband" more to her liking than the real one. When true identities are revealed, a fight breaks out and the Tramp is ejected. 有闲？有钱。评《有闲阶级》：只要贫富差距还存在，卓别林的电影就不会过时。 夏天，某座城市的火车站前，雍容华贵的贵妇人艾德娜（艾德娜·珀薇安丝 Edna Purviance 饰）走出车厢。她于上午十点钟准时抵达车站，虽然此前已发信通知她的丈夫（查理·卓别林 Charles Chaplin 饰），但是那个心不在焉、嗜酒如命的男人完全将此事忘记。艾德娜等得实在不耐烦，于是乘车离开。与此同时，一名穷困潦倒的流浪汉也从火车底部钻出来，他和艾德娜的丈夫长得一模一样，而且盲打误撞搭乘着这位贵妇人的顺风车离开车站。艾德娜回到家中，她的丈夫却忘穿裤子闹出不少笑话，气得妻子决定和他分居。晴朗时节，独自骑马排遣烦闷心情的艾德娜在郊外邂逅流浪汉，流浪汉对之一见倾心，而各种有趣的事也相继发生……
