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The Champion

★ 6.5 TMDB Rating · 118 votes

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.

Director
Charlie Chaplin
Release date
Mar 11, 1915
Original language
English
Origin
United States

Cast of The Champion

  • Portrait of Charlie Chaplin

    Charlie Chaplin

    Challenger

  • Portrait of Edna Purviance

    Edna Purviance

    Trainer's Daughter

  • Ernest Van Pelt

    Spike Dugan

  • Portrait of Lloyd Bacon

    Lloyd Bacon

    Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee

  • Portrait of Leo White

    Leo White

    Crooked gambler

  • Portrait of Carl Stockdale

    Carl Stockdale

    Sparring Partner

  • Portrait of Billy Armstrong

    Billy Armstrong

    Sparring Partner

  • Paddy McGuire

    Sparring Partner

  • Portrait of Bud Jamison

    Bud Jamison

    Bob Uppercut, Champion

  • Portrait of Ben Turpin

    Ben Turpin

    Ringside vendor

  • Fred Windemere

    Cop

  • Henry Youngman

    Bit Role

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