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Shoulder Arms(1918)
Status: Released
Date: 1918-10-20
68%
195 Votes
Time: 0h 36m
Unprecedented in film annals!
Overview:
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Charles Chaplin Productions
Movie: Shoulder Arms
Top 10 Billed 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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Overview
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
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Unprecedented in film annals!
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