Movie: The Champion

Top 10 Billed Cast

Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin

Challenger

Edna Purviance
Edna Purviance

Trainer's Daughter

Ernest Van Pelt
Ernest Van Pelt

Spike Dugan

Lloyd Bacon
Lloyd Bacon

Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee

Leo White
Leo White

Crooked gambler

Carl Stockdale
Carl Stockdale

Sparring Partner

Billy Armstrong
Billy Armstrong

Sparring Partner

Paddy McGuire
Paddy McGuire

Sparring Partner

Bud Jamison
Bud Jamison

Bob Uppercut, Champion

Ben Turpin
Ben Turpin

Ringside vendor

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1915-03-11

  • Average

    6.5

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    3.3 starts
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