1915
The Champion
The Essanay Film Manufacturing CompanyTMDB 6.5
31m · 11 Mar 1915
Comedy
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.
Directed byCharlie Chaplin
Cast
- Charlie ChaplinChallenger
- Edna PurvianceTrainer's Daughter
- Ernest Van PeltSpike Dugan
- Lloyd BaconSecond Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee
- Leo WhiteCrooked gambler
- Carl StockdaleSparring Partner
- Billy ArmstrongSparring Partner
- Paddy McGuireSparring Partner
- Bud JamisonBob Uppercut, Champion
- Ben TurpinRingside vendor
Where to watch
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