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The Champion
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Title: The Champion

Release Date: 11 Mar 1915

Runtime: 31m

Genre: Comedy

Director: The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

Production Companies: The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.5 (102 votes)

Cast

  • Challenger: Charlie Chaplin
  • Trainer's Daughter: Edna Purviance
  • Spike Dugan: Ernest Van Pelt
  • Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee: Lloyd Bacon
  • Crooked gambler: Leo White
  • Sparring Partner: Carl Stockdale
  • Sparring Partner: Billy Armstrong
  • Sparring Partner: Paddy McGuire
  • Bob Uppercut, Champion: Bud Jamison
  • Ringside vendor: Ben Turpin
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