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The Wager
The Wager
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  2. The Wager

The Wager

1916
50m
Drama
Crime

Status

Released

Release

1916

Runtime

50m

Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
50m
Nov 13, 1916
Languages
No Language
Director
George D. Baker
George D. Baker
Production
Rolfe Photoplays
Rolfe Photoplays
Metro Pictures Corporation
Metro Pictures Corporation
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

7 Cast Members

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

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