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The Champion

Comedy

6.5

Release Date

March 11, 1915

Duration

31 min

Status

Released

Language

en

Overview

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.

Casts

Charlie Chaplin

Challenger

Charlie Chaplin

Edna Purviance

Trainer's Daughter

Edna Purviance

Ernest Van Pelt

Spike Dugan

Ernest Van Pelt

Lloyd Bacon

Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee

Lloyd Bacon

Leo White

Crooked gambler

Leo White

Carl Stockdale

Sparring Partner

Carl Stockdale

Billy Armstrong

Sparring Partner

Billy Armstrong

Paddy McGuire

Sparring Partner

Paddy McGuire

Bud Jamison

Bob Uppercut, Champion

Bud Jamison

Ben Turpin

Ringside vendor

Ben Turpin

Fred Windemere

Cop

Fred Windemere

Henry Youngman

Bit Role

Henry Youngman

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