Where to Watch The Flashlight Online

Want to behold the glory that is 'The Flashlight' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Ida May Park-directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Flashlight' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Flashlight' right now, here are some finer points about the Bluebird Photoplays mystery flick.

Released May 21st, 1917, 'The Flashlight' stars Dorothy Phillips, William Stowell, Lon Chaney, Alfred Allen The movie has a runtime of about 50 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from top users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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." .