The Knockout
About The Knockout
Pug, played by Roscoe Arbuckle, wants to show his girl that he is brave, so he challenges the boxing champion. In the second half Charlie Chaplin, as the referee, spends the bout trying not to be hit. Mack Sennett is in the crowd.
Cast & crew
More about The Knockout
Charles Avery directed. Mack Sennett produced. Frank D. Williams photographed it. Mutual Film Corporation distributed it. It runs 27 minutes. Minta Durfee, Arbuckle's wife, plays the girl. Edgar Kennedy, Al St. John, Mack Swain, and Charley Chase are also billed. It was Chaplin's seventeenth Keystone film, and one of the few in which the Tramp is not the lead.
Themes
Look
Frank D. Williams photographed the bout.
Preservation
Copies are on the Internet Archive and on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Chaplin does not appear until the second half.
- Sennett's part is a spectator, not the director's chair. Avery directed.
- Copies are on the Internet Archive and on Wikimedia Commons.
Scenes
- Chaplin referees the fight and keeps stepping out of the punches.
Also available
- Internet Archive (CC_1914_06_11_TheKnockout)
