The Champion
The Champion
1915
Comedy
Synopsis
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.
Credits
Director
Charlie Chaplin
Cast
Ben Turpin as Ringside vendor
Billy Armstrong as Sparring Partner
Bud Jamison as Bob Uppercut, Champion
Carl Stockdale as Sparring Partner
Charlie Chaplin as Challenger
Edna Purviance as Trainer's Daughter
Ernest Van Pelt as Spike Dugan
Leo White as Crooked gambler
Lloyd Bacon as Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee
Paddy McGuire as Sparring Partner
Crew
Ernest Van Pelt (Assistant Director)
Harry Ensign (Director of Photography)
Charlie Chaplin (Editor)
Jess Robbins (Producer)
Charlie Chaplin (Writer)
Original Poster
The Champion - Original Poster
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