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The Wager
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The Wager

1916-11-13 · 50 min · Not rated

Drama · Crime

A $5,000 wager is made between two prominent jewelers, Mr. Thorpe and Mr. Chandler, as to whether their most valuable jewels can be stolen. Thorpe, seeking to stack the odds in his favor, asks Police Commissioner James Stone, a business crony, to enlist the help of Diamond Daisy, a jewel thief who is trying to go straight. Posing as a rich heiress, she asks Mr. Thorpe to accompany her to show her father an expensive item of jewelry. Instead, Mr. Thorpe is detained in an insane asylum by a doctor who has been led to believe that Thorpe is Daisy's insane husband. Daisy absconds with the jewels, but a vindictive detective, who has been following Daisy, thinks the heist is for real and tries to arrest her. Eventually the commissioner intervenes and all ends well.

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Directors
George D. Baker
Production companies
Rolfe Photoplays, Metro Pictures Corporation
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Emily StevensEmily StevensDiamond Daisy Doyle
Frank CurrierFrank CurrierA.E. Thorpe
Charles BowserCharles BowserJ.S. Chandler
Lyster ChambersSlipper Jim
Hugh JeffreyDuggan
Daniel JarrettCommissioner James Stone
Harry MayoSecretary to Police Commissioner

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