Shoulder Arms (1918)
Unprecedented in film annals!
★ 6.8 / 10 · 210 votes on TMDB
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
What it's about
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
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Cast
Charlie Chaplin
Doughboy
Edna Purviance
The Girl
Sydney Chaplin
Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser
Loyal Underwood
Short German Officer
Henry Bergman
Fat Whiskered German Soldier / The Kaiser's General / Bartender
Tom Wilson
Dumb German Wood-Cutter
Albert Austin
American Soldier / Clean Shaven German Soldier / Bearded German Soldier
Jack Wilson
Crown Prince
W.J. Allen
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
L.A. Blaisdell
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
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