Movie

The Flashlight

(en)

1917

50m

The Flashlight

Mystery

Overview: Jack Lane (William Stowell) has made an invention for photographing wild animals. It consists of a camera with a trigger -- when the trigger is stepped on by a passing animal, a flash goes off and the camera shoots the picture. Lane goes up to the mountains to try out his new contraption. When a recluse refuses to let him spend the night in his cabin, Lane goes to sleep out of doors, with the camera set up near by. In the middle of the night, he is awakened by the flash and the sound of gunshots. Trekking back to his own cabin the next day, he develops the picture, which is of a girl holding a rifle. He returns to the recluse's cabin where he is arrested for murder.

Status: Released

Release date: May 21, 1917

Countries of origin: United States of America,

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Production company:
  • Bluebird Photoplays

Top Cast

Dorothy Phillips

Dorothy Phillips

as Delice Brixton

William Stowell

William Stowell

as Jack Lane

Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney

as Henry Norton / ...

Alfred Allen

Alfred Allen

as John Peterson

George Berrell

George Berrell

as Barclay (as Geo...

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