The Champion

The Champion

31 mins | Comedy | March 11, 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.

The Champion

31 mins | Comedy | March 11, 1915

The Champion
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Original title The Champion
Directors Ernest Van Pelt, Charlie Chaplin
Writers Charlie Chaplin

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

as Challenger

Edna Purviance

as Trainer's Daughter

Ernest Van Pelt

as Spike Dugan

Lloyd Bacon

as Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee

Leo White

as Crooked gambler

Carl Stockdale

as Sparring Partner

Billy Armstrong

as Sparring Partner

Paddy McGuire

as Sparring Partner

Bud Jamison

as Bob Uppercut, Champion

Ben Turpin

as Ringside vendor

Henry Youngman

as Bit Role