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The Wager

The Wager (1916)

0h 50m | PG-13

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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.

Director: George D. Baker

Studio: Rolfe Photoplays

Genre: Drama, Crime

Video: 720p

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Cast

Emily Stevens

Emily Stevens

as Diamond Daisy Doyle

Frank Currier

Frank Currier

as A.E. Thorpe

Charles Bowser

Charles Bowser

as J.S. Chandler

Lyster Chambers

Lyster Chambers

as Slipper Jim

Hugh Jeffrey

Hugh Jeffrey

as Duggan

Daniel Jarrett

Daniel Jarrett

as Commissioner James Stone