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The Wager

Nov 13, 1916 · 50m
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Drama
Crime

PLOT

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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CAST

Emily Stevens
Diamond Daisy Doyle
Frank Currier
A.E. Thorpe
Charles Bowser
J.S. Chandler
Lyster Chambers
Slipper Jim
Hugh Jeffrey
Duggan
Daniel Jarrett
Commissioner James Stone
Harry Mayo
Secretary to Police Commissioner
Directed by George D. Baker

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Rolfe Photoplays, Metro Pictures Corporation
Country
US

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