MOVIE

Shoulder Arms

Name: Shoulder Arms
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Genre: Comedy, War
Released: 1918-10-20
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin, Loyal Underwood, Henry Bergman

Unprecedented in film annals!

An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.

Release Date

1918-10-20

Year

1918

Duration

36m

Status

Released

Score

6.82

Genres

Comedy War

Production

Charles Chaplin Productions

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Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Doughboy

Edna Purviance

The Girl

Syd 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

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Jack Wilson

Crown Prince

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W.J. Allen

Motorcyclist (uncredited)

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L.A. Blaisdell

Motorcyclist (uncredited)