The Wager
1916
Drama Crime
Synopsis
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.
Credits
Cast
Charles Bowser as J.S. Chandler
Daniel Jarrett as Commissioner James Stone
Emily Stevens as Diamond Daisy Doyle
Frank Currier as A.E. Thorpe
Harry Mayo as Secretary to Police Commissioner
Hugh Jeffrey as Duggan
Lyster Chambers as Slipper Jim
Crew
B.A. Rolfe (Presenter)
George D. Baker (Screenplay)
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