The Champion
In Theaters
March 11, 1915
Runtime: 31m
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 & Crew
Charlie Chaplin
Challenger
Edna Purviance
Trainer's Daughter
- EP
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
- PM
Paddy McGuire
Sparring Partner
Bud Jamison
Bob Uppercut, Champion
Ben Turpin
Ringside vendor
- FW
Fred Windemere
Cop
- HY
Henry Youngman
Bit Role
Gilbert M. Anderson
Enthusiastic Fan (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin
Director
Charlie Chaplin
Writer
Media
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