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The Champion

  • Movie
  • 1915
  • NR
  • 31m

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

6.5

TMDB audience rating
6.5 out of 10 from 118 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Charlie Chaplin

    Charlie ChaplinChallenger

  • Edna Purviance

    Edna PurvianceTrainer's Daughter

  • Ernest Van PeltSpike Dugan

  • Lloyd Bacon

    Lloyd BaconSecond Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee

  • Leo White

    Leo WhiteCrooked gambler

  • Carl Stockdale

    Carl StockdaleSparring Partner

  • Billy Armstrong

    Billy ArmstrongSparring Partner

  • Paddy McGuireSparring Partner

  • Bud Jamison

    Bud JamisonBob Uppercut, Champion

  • Ben Turpin

    Ben TurpinRingside vendor

  • Fred WindemereCop

  • Henry YoungmanBit Role

  • Gilbert M. Anderson

    Gilbert M. AndersonEnthusiastic Fan (uncredited)

Director
Charlie Chaplin
Writer
Charlie Chaplin
Cinematography
Harry Ensign