The Knockout

The Knockout
Theatrical poster to The Knockout
Directed by Charles Avery
Produced by Mack Sennett
Starring Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Minta Durfee
Edgar Kennedy
Charles Chaplin
Frank Opperman
Al St. John
Hank Mann
Mack Swain
Cinematography Frank D. Williams
Production
company
Distributed by Mutual Film
Release date
  • June 11, 1914 (1914-06-11)
Running time
 27 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent film
English (Original titles)

The Knockout (1914) was Charlie Chaplin's seventeenth film for Keystone Studios. Chaplin only has a small role, and Fatty Arbuckle takes up the main role (it is one of only a few films in which Chaplin's Little Tramp character appears in a secondary role; Chaplin doesn't even appear until the second half of the film). It also stars Arbuckle's wife, Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy and Keystone owner, Mack Sennett in a minor role as a spectator. The film was directed by Charles Avery, and made in 1914 in America.

Plot

Pug, a down-and-out hobo, is talked into pretending he is Cyclone Flynn, the boxing champion, and entering the ring for a fight. When the real Cyclone shows up, Pug ends up having to trade punches with him instead.

Review

A reviewer from Moving Picture World wrote, "Roscoe Arbuckle, ably supported, makes barrels of fun in this two-reel comedy release. In its early stages, the story has a particularly well connected plot, but things go to smash a little in this line when a big chase is introduced in the second reel. This chase, as well as a comedy prize fight, is unusually funny."

Cast

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