The Champion
movie
Released March 11, 1915
Genres:
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.
Cast
Charlie Chaplin
as
Challenger
Edna Purviance
as
Trainer's Daughter
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Ernest Van Pelt
as
Spike Dugan
Lloyd Bacon
as
Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee
Leo White
as
Crooked gambler
Carl Stockdale
as
Sparring Partner
Billy Armstrong
as
Sparring Partner
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Paddy McGuire
as
Sparring Partner
Bud Jamison
as
Bob Uppercut, Champion
Ben Turpin
as
Ringside vendor
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Fred Windemere
as
Cop
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Henry Youngman
as
Bit Role