The Champion

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.

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

Top cast

Charlie Chaplin

Challenger

Edna Purviance

Trainer's Daughter

E

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

P

Paddy McGuire

Sparring Partner

Bud Jamison

Bob Uppercut, Champion

Ben Turpin

Ringside vendor

F

Fred Windemere

Cop

H

Henry Youngman

Bit Role

Gilbert M. Anderson

Enthusiastic Fan (uncredited)

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