CinemaOSMovie · 1916 · 0h 50m

The Wager

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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.

Directed byGeorge D. Baker

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 50m
Language
EN
Released
November 13, 1916
Studios
Metro Pictures CorporationRolfe Photoplays

Featuring

Cast & crew

7 credited
Starring
Emily Stevens

Emily Stevens

Diamond Daisy Doyle

Frank Currier

Frank Currier

A.E. Thorpe

Charles Bowser

Charles Bowser

J.S. Chandler

Lyster Chambers

Slipper Jim

Hugh Jeffrey

Duggan

Daniel Jarrett

Commissioner James Stone

Harry Mayo

Secretary to Police Commissioner

Creative team
Directed by
George D. Baker
George D. Baker
Written by
George D. Baker
George D. Baker

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