The Champion

6.5 / 10

(95 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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Comedy

Duration:

31 minutes

Year:

1915

Director:

Charlie Chaplin

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Company:

The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

Cast:
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

Crew:
Charlie Chaplin

Writer

Charlie Chaplin

Director

Jess Robbins

Producer

Harry Ensign

Director of Photography

Charlie Chaplin

Editor