Release Date
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Original Release
March 11, 1915
0h 31m
The Champion (1915)
⭐ 6.531 min
Overview
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.
Director
Charlie Chaplin
Department: Acting
⭐Popularity: 2.5
Cast
Charlie Chaplin
Challenger
⭐2.5
Edna Purviance
Trainer's Daughter
⭐1.0
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Ernest Van Pelt
Spike Dugan
⭐0.6
Lloyd Bacon
Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee
⭐1.2
Leo White
Crooked gambler
⭐1.1
Carl Stockdale
Sparring Partner
⭐1.2
Billy Armstrong
Sparring Partner
⭐0.8
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Paddy McGuire
Sparring Partner
⭐0.6
Bud Jamison
Bob Uppercut, Champion
⭐1.1
Ben Turpin
Ringside vendor
⭐1.1
Genres
Comedy
Production Companies
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
