The Fly God

Directed by Clifford Smith

With Roy Stewart, Edward Peil Sr., Claire Anderson, Aaron Edwards and Percy Challenger

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.