Shoulder Arms (1918) Cast & Crew
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Directed by Charlie Chaplin.
Cast
- Charlie Chaplin as Doughboy
- Edna Purviance as The Girl
- Sydney Chaplin as Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser
- Loyal Underwood as Short German Officer
- Henry Bergman as Fat Whiskered German Soldier / The Kaiser's General / Bartender
- Tom Wilson as Dumb German Wood-Cutter
- Albert Austin as American Soldier / Clean Shaven German Soldier / Bearded German Soldier
- Jack Wilson as Crown Prince
- W.J. Allen as Motorcyclist (uncredited)
- L.A. Blaisdell as Motorcyclist (uncredited)
- Alva D. Blake as U.S. Soldier / German Officer (uncredited)
- Cliff Brouwer as Soldier (uncredited)
- E. Brucker as Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
- F.S. Colby as Soldier (uncredited)
- Slim Cole as Soldier (uncredited)
- Wellington Cross as Motorcyclist (uncredited)
- E.H. Devere as Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
- C.L. Dice as Motorcyclist (uncredited)
- M.J. Donovan as Soldier (uncredited)
- Guy Eakins as Soldier (uncredited)
- Fred Everman as Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
- Mark Faber as Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
- G.A. Godfrey as Motorcyclist (uncredited)
- Harry Goldman as Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
- Fred Graham as Soldier (uncredited)
- W.E. Graham as Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
- James Griffin as Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
- William Hackett as Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
- Ray Hanford as Soldier (uncredited)
- A.J. Hartwell as Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
- O.E. Haskins as Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
- Tom Hawley as Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
- Carl Herlinger as Bit Part (uncredited)
- W. Herron as Motorcyclist (uncredited)
- Ed Hunt as Soldier (uncredited)
- E.B. Johnson as Soldier (uncredited)
- J. Parks Jones as U.S. Soldier (uncredited)
- Charles Knuske as Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
- Sam M. Lewis as Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
- Tom Madden as Soldier (uncredited)
Crew
- Charlie Chaplin — Director
- Roland Totheroh — Director of Photography
- Charlie Chaplin — Producer
- Charlie Chaplin — Original Music Composer
- Charlie Chaplin — Screenplay
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