The Knockout

The Knockout is a 1914 American silent film produced by Mack Sennett's Keystone Film Company. While often associated with Charlie Chaplin due to his lengthy cameo as a referee, the film stars Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle in the leading role. Under current U.S. copyright law, specifically the provisions regarding the public domain, the film's status is determined by its publication date. According to the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, all works published in the United States before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain. As this film was released on June 11, 1914, its copyright protection has expired regardless of any subsequent renewals or corporate transfers. The film is widely available on platforms like the Internet Archive and via various public domain distributors because of this status.