The Champion (movie)

The Champion (movie)

  • User score: 6.5
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Charlie Chaplin
  • Production companies: The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release date: 3/11/1915
  • Run time: 31 min.

Movie description

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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Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Role(s): Challenger

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Edna Purviance

Edna Purviance

Role(s): Trainer's Daughter

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Ernest Van Pelt

Ernest Van Pelt

Role(s): Spike Dugan

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Lloyd Bacon

Lloyd Bacon

Role(s): Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee

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Leo White

Leo White

Role(s): Crooked gambler

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