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The Champion(1915)
Status: Released
Date: 1915-03-11
65%
98 Votes
Time: 0h 31m
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.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Movie: The Champion
Top 10 Billed Cast
Charlie Chaplin
Challenger
Edna Purviance
Trainer's Daughter
Lloyd Bacon
Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee
Leo White
Crooked gambler
Carl Stockdale
Sparring Partner
Billy Armstrong
Sparring Partner
Bud Jamison
Bob Uppercut, Champion
Ben Turpin
Ringside vendor
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