The Champion

6.5
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 31 min
  • Premiere: 1915. March 11.

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.

Discover

Charlie Chaplin

Challenger

Edna Purviance

Trainer's Daughter

Ernest Van Pelt

Spike Dugan

Lloyd Bacon

Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee

Leo White

Crooked gambler

Carl Stockdale

Sparring Partner

Billy Armstrong

Sparring Partner

Paddy McGuire

Sparring Partner

Bud Jamison

Bob Uppercut, Champion

Ben Turpin

Ringside vendor

Henry Youngman

Bit Role

Gilbert M. Anderson

Enthusiastic Fan (uncredited)

Camera

Harry Ensign

Director of Photography

Directing

Ernest Van Pelt

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Jess Robbins

Producer

Writing

Camera

Harry Ensign

Director of Photography

Directing

Ernest Van Pelt

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Jess Robbins

Producer

Writing