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The Champion

(1915)

March 11, 1915 0h 31m
65%
TMDB Score

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.

Charlie Chaplin

Director

Top Billed Cast

CC

Charlie Chaplin

Challenger

EP

Edna Purviance

Trainer's Daughter

EVP

Ernest Van Pelt

Spike Dugan

LB

Lloyd Bacon

Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee

LW

Leo White

Crooked gambler

CS

Carl Stockdale

Sparring Partner

BA

Billy Armstrong

Sparring Partner

PM

Paddy McGuire

Sparring Partner

BJ

Bud Jamison

Bob Uppercut, Champion

BT

Ben Turpin

Ringside vendor

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