Name: Shoulder Arms
Genre: comedy, war
Released: 1918
Duration: 36 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin, Loyal Underwood, Henry Bergman

Shoulder Arms (1918) — comedy, war film. Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Starring Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin, Loyal Underwood. This page maps 2 characters and 1 relationships between them as an interactive character network. Rated 6.8/10 from 210 votes.

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An awkward recruit transforms a harsh wartime dream into a comic fantasy of courage, rescue, and victory before waking back at boot camp.

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Charlie Chaplin
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as Doughboy

Charlie Chaplin
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as The Girl

Edna Purviance
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as Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser

Syd Chaplin
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as Short German Officer

Loyal Underwood
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as Fat Whiskered German Soldier / The Kaiser's General / Bartender

Henry Bergman
Cast

as Dumb German Wood-Cutter

Tom Wilson
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as American Soldier / Clean Shaven German Soldier / Bearded German Soldier

Albert Austin
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as Crown Prince

Jack Wilson
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as Motorcyclist (uncredited)

W.J. Allen
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as Motorcyclist (uncredited)

L.A. Blaisdell
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as U.S. Soldier / German Officer (uncredited)

Alva D. Blake
Cast

as Soldier (uncredited)

Cliff Brouwer

Shoulder Arms

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