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The Flying Target (1917)
Short | Short, Comedy

The Flying Target (1917)

Short | Short, Comedy

Two I.W.W.'s offer Jerry five dollars if he will deliver a package to the police station. Jerry accepts. The police captain discovers it to be an infernal machine, but before he can cast it away it explodes, wrecking the building and ...See moreTwo I.W.W.'s offer Jerry five dollars if he will deliver a package to the police station. Jerry accepts. The police captain discovers it to be an infernal machine, but before he can cast it away it explodes, wrecking the building and piling the occupants beneath the debris. Jerry witnesses the explosion, appropriates a motorcycle and leaves the scene with the policemen following. On a country road his motor stalls as Bad Bill the outlaw, rides toward him. Jerry quickly starts the machine again, but Bad Bill compels him to stop and makes him change clothes also change the motorcycle for Bill's horse, the Flying Target, so called because it has a sign of a target on its head. Jerry continues his course and meets a stagecoach. The occupants assume him to be the outlaw and throw out their valuables. Jerry picks them up and goes into town. Meanwhile the police are having a hard time with their automobile. Arriving in town, Jerry is surprised to see the loungers scatter as soon as he comes into view. He enters the gambling house and another exodus follows. The stagecoach comes upon the police patrol and the passengers report having been held up by the Flying Target. As Jerry is in the gambling hall Bad Bill enters and demands the return of his clothes. Jerry attempts to escape and the outlaw fires after him, throwing poor Jane into a state of terror. For refuge she crawls under her bed. Jerry rushes upstairs into Jane's room and crawls under the sheets. Bad Bill starts after him. The police patrol arrives. Bad Bill also enters Jane's room and crawls under the sheets where he compels Jerry to change some of his clothes again. The police are frightened and none wants to enter. Straws are drawn and it falls to the captain's lot to lead the way. Jane, in hysterics, comes from under the bed, rushes to the closet and grabs a shotgun with which she covers Bill. Jerry makes his getaway by jumping from the window. The police enter, but they do not recognize Bill as the outlaw until Jane enlightens them. They take him away and inquire about Jerry. A road scene shows him astride his motorcycle riding up the road. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
George Ovey Jerry Jerry See fewer	The Pirate of Panama (1929)
Ray Lincoln Bad Bill Bad Bill See fewer	The Trail of Danger (1916)
John P. McCarthy The Captain (as J.P. McCarthy) The Captain (as J.P. McCarthy) See fewer	The Return of Casey Jones (1933)
Helen Gilmore Jane Jane See fewer	Tom Sawyer (1917)