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Shoulder Arms
Directed by
Charlie Chaplin
Passed
1918
36m
Comedy
,
War
,
and more
7.3
80%
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Charlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.
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Cast of Shoulder Arms
Charlie Chaplin
Doughboy / Director / Writer / Producer
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
Jack Wilson
Crown Prince
W.J. Allen
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
L.A. Blaisdell
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
Alva D. Blake
U.S. Soldier / German Officer (uncredited)
Cliff Brouwer
Soldier (uncredited)
E. Brucker
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
F.S. Colby
Soldier (uncredited)
Slim Cole
Soldier (uncredited)
Wellington Cross
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
E.H. Devere
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
C.L. Dice
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
M.J. Donovan
Soldier (uncredited)
Guy Eakins
Soldier (uncredited)
Fred Everman
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
Mark Faber
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
G.A. Godfrey
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
Harry Goldman
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Soldier (uncredited)
W.E. Graham
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
James Griffin
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
William Hackett
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
Ray Hanford
Soldier (uncredited)
A.J. Hartwell
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
O.E. Haskins
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
Tom Hawley
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
Carl Herlinger
Bit Part (uncredited)
W. Herron
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
Ed Hunt
Soldier (uncredited)
E.B. Johnson
Soldier (uncredited)
J. Parks Jones
U.S. Soldier (uncredited)
Charles Knuske
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
Sam M. Lewis
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
Tom Madden
Soldier (uncredited)
G.E. Marygold
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
Clyde McAtee
Soldier (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
Anthony North
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
Louis Orr
Soldier (uncredited)
J.T. Powell
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
John Rand
U.S. Soldier (uncredited)
Jack Shalford
Soldier (uncredited)
J.H. Shewry
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
Joe Van Meter
Soldier (uncredited)
W.G. Wagner
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
Tiny Ward
Soldier (uncredited)
J.H. Warne
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
Jack Willis
Soldier / Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
Shoulder Arms Ratings & Reviews
LIFE
Robert E. Sherwood
There has never been anything on the screen so funny as the dug-out scenes in Shoulder Arms; and there has never been anything so unutterably tragic as the delivery of the mail in the front line, when everybody gets a letter but Charlie.
Motion Picture News
P.S. Harrison
It is a picture that will offer splendid entertainment right now.
Movie Views
Ryan Cracknell
Although it's been a long time since 1918, there are still lessons to be learned from Shoulder Arms.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Charlie gives his version of a recruit's absurd life.
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