The Champion
6.7
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
13 people
Charlie Chaplin
Challenger
Known for
Modern Times
The Great Dictator
Edna Purviance
Trainer's Daughter
Known for
The Kid
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Ernest Van Pelt
Spike Dugan
Known for
The Tramp
A Jitney Elopement
Lloyd Bacon
Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee
Known for
The Fireman
The Floorwalker
Leo White
Crooked gambler
Known for
In the Park
The Count
Carl Stockdale
Sparring Partner
Known for
The Bank
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Billy Armstrong
Sparring Partner
Known for
By the Sea
Work
Paddy McGuire
Sparring Partner
Known for
The Tramp
By the Sea
Bud Jamison
Bob Uppercut, Champion
Known for
A Night Out
By the Sea
Ben Turpin
Ringside vendor
Known for
His New Job
A Night Out
Fred Windemere
Cop
Also in
Broncho Billy and the Greaser
Broncho Billy and the False Note
Henry Youngman
Bit Role
Also in
His Regeneration
Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
Charlie Chaplin Director · Harry Ensign Cinematographer
United States release March 11, 1915 · Produced in United States
Production
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · March 11, 1915
Theatrical
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