Comedy
The Champion
User Score110 votes
65%6.5/10
Release1915→
Runtime0H 31M
LanguageNo Language
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
Charlie Chaplin
Challenger
Edna Purviance
Trainer's Daughter
Ernest Van Pelt
Spike Dugan
Lloyd Bacon
Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee
Leo White
Crooked gambler
Carl Stockdale
Sparring Partner
Billy Armstrong
Sparring Partner
Paddy McGuire
Sparring Partner
Media7
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Director
Charlie Chaplin
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Certification
NRKeywords
sportsblack and whitesilent filmboxingshort filmboxecachorroesporte
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Countries:United States of America
Production:The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company