

Shoulder Arms
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.
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
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)
Storyline
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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