The Champion (1915)
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.
- Date of release
- 1915-03-11
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (118)
- Runtime
- 31m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
Casting
- Charlie Chaplin — Challenger
- Edna Purviance — Trainer's Daughter
- Ernest Van Pelt — Spike Dugan
- Lloyd Bacon — Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee
- Leo White — Crooked gambler
- Carl Stockdale — Sparring Partner
- Billy Armstrong — Sparring Partner
- Paddy McGuire — Sparring Partner
- Bud Jamison — Bob Uppercut, Champion
- Ben Turpin — Ringside vendor
- Fred Windemere — Cop
- Henry Youngman — Bit Role
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