The Wager (1916)
The Wager (1916)
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 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
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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.


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Genres: Drama, Crime

Language: No Language

Release Date: 13 November 1916

Country: US

Runtime: 50m

Company Credits

Company: Rolfe Photoplays, Metro Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Emily Stevens

Emily Stevens

Diamond Daisy Doyle

Frank Currier

Frank Currier

A.E. Thorpe

Charles Bowser

Charles Bowser

J.S. Chandler

Lyster Chambers

Lyster Chambers

Slipper Jim

Hugh Jeffrey

Hugh Jeffrey

Duggan

Daniel Jarrett

Daniel Jarrett

Commissioner James Stone

Harry Mayo

Harry Mayo

Secretary to Police Commissioner

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B.A. Rolfe

B.A. Rolfe

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