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Square Shoulders
80%
Movie
58m
AI Analysis
Square Shoulders (1929) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Square Shoulders (1929) — a movie tagged as Crime and Drama with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Tad's dream is to attend a military academy so he can grow up to be a great soldier and a war hero, like his father. What he doesn't know is that his father, Slag, is actually a thief and a derelict. Slag robs a factory in order to get the money to send Tad to military school, then gets a job at the academy's horse … Our models also surface themes such as family and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~58 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Square Shoulders 80% (1 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
AI verdict
Square Shoulders is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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TMDb audience score
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from 1 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Tad's dream is to attend a military academy so he can grow up to be a great soldier and a war hero, like his father. What he doesn't know is that his father, Slag, is actually a thief and a derelict. Slag robs a factory in order to get the money to send Tad to military school, then gets a job at the academy's horse stables to be close to his son, who doesn't know he's alive.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1929-03-10
- Runtime
- 58m
- TMDB rating
- 8.0
- TMDB ID
- 408950
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Where can I watch Square Shoulders (1929)?
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Is there an official trailer for Square Shoulders?
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What is Square Shoulders about?
Tad's dream is to attend a military academy so he can grow up to be a great soldier and a war hero, like his father. What he doesn't know is that his father, Slag, is actually a thief and a derelic... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Square Shoulders?
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How long is the movie Square Shoulders?
The official runtime for Square Shoulders is approximately 58 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Tad
Louis Wolheim
Slag
Philippe De Lacy
Eddie
Anita Louise
Mary Jane
C. Montague Shaw
Cartwright
Maurice Black
Hook
Kewpie Morgan
Delicate Don (as Allen Morgan)
Clarence Geldart
Commandant
- R
Ray Erlenborn
Cadet (uncredited)
- B
Billy Lord
Cadet (uncredited)
- K
Kenneth McMillan
Cadet (uncredited)
- E
Edwin Mills
Cadet (uncredited)
Dean Riesner
Cadet (uncredited)
Matty Roubert
Newsboy (uncredited)
- B
Byron Sage
Cadet (uncredited)
- P
Paul Toien
Cadet (uncredited)
- E
Erich von Stroheim Jr.
Cadet (uncredited)
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