The Fly God
Traveling to Arizona for his health, an ailing Bob Allers and his wife are left destitute after a highwayman steals their horse and money. They are befriended by William "Red" Saunders, who helps Allers secure a job at a local saloon. When the same highwayman later tries to rob the saloon, Allers kills him in self-defense with a hammer, unaware the outlaw is the sheriff's brother. Convicted of murder by a vengeful sheriff, Allers is defended by Red in a tense trial where the corrupt jury's verdict hinges entirely on whether a crawling fly reaches the top of a windowpane.
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Cast
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Roy Stewart
William 'Red' Saunders
Also in
Sparrows
With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail
Edward Peil Sr.
Robert 'Bob' Allers
Known for
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Claire Anderson
Mrs. Allers
Also in
The Blinding Trail
The Grey Parasol
Aaron Edwards
Jimmy Hit-the-Bottle
Also in
Wolf Lowry
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Percy Challenger
'Shorty' Stokes
Also in
Blind Husbands
Wolves of the North
Walter Perry
Wind River
Also in
3 Bad Men
The Thoroughbred
Clifford Smith Director · Henry Wallace Phillips Story
United States release June 30, 1918 · Produced in United States
Production
Triangle Film Corporation
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Release dates
United States · June 30, 1918
Theatrical
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