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The Knockout

191427 minUnited States
ComedyDrama
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
29:41
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Charles Avery · Public domain

Synopsis

Two hungry drifters pretend that one of them is a boxing champion, hoping to earn an easy meal. A local strongman agrees to fight him, but the real champion arrives before the bout. With an unruly referee and an increasingly disorderly audience, the contest soon expands into a chase that spills beyond the boxing ring.

Cast

DirectorsCharles Avery

Behind the scenes

Roscoe Arbuckle leads this Keystone comedy, with Chaplin appearing later as the referee. Its shift from prizefight to large-scale pursuit brings together several performers from the studio's early comedy company.

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