The Champion

The Champion

1915 en 31 minutes

Rating: 6.464

Plot

Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove and wins. The trainer prepares Charlie to fight the world champion. A gambler wants Charlie to throw the fight. He and the trainer's daughter fall in love.

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Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Challenger

Edna Purviance

Edna Purviance

Trainer's Daughter

Ernest Van Pelt

Ernest Van Pelt

Spike Dugan

Lloyd Bacon

Lloyd Bacon

Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee

Leo White

Leo White

Crooked gambler

Carl Stockdale

Carl Stockdale

Sparring Partner

Billy Armstrong

Billy Armstrong

Sparring Partner

Paddy McGuire

Paddy McGuire

Sparring Partner

Bud Jamison

Bud Jamison

Bob Uppercut, Champion

Ben Turpin

Ben Turpin

Ringside vendor

Fred Windemere

Fred Windemere

Cop

Henry Youngman

Henry Youngman

Bit Role

Gilbert M. Anderson

Gilbert M. Anderson

Enthusiastic Fan (uncredited)

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