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Status
Released
Release
1918
Runtime
36m
Available options inUS
"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.
54 Cast Members
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
Alva D. Blake
U.S. Soldier / German Officer (uncredited)
Cliff Brouwer
Soldier (uncredited)
E. Brucker
Bit Part in Street Scene (uncredited)
F.S. Colby
Slim Cole
Wellington Cross
E.H. Devere
C.L. Dice
M.J. Donovan
Guy Eakins