The Wager (1916)
• November 13th, 1916 • 0h 50min
Drama, Crime
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
A Man of Quality
Released on: 1926-10-01
Drama
Jack Banning is a motorcycle cop by day and undercover agent by night. Disguising himself as "Strong...
Courage
Released on: 1930-05-22
Drama
Belle Bennett plays as the widowed mother of seven children living in Sioux City, Iowa. She moves wi...
The Great Gatsby
Released on: 1926-11-21
Drama
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the myste...
It Happened in Paris
Released on: 1919-12-26
Crime, Drama
Penniless aristocrat Yvonne Dupré ekes out a living selling her paintings to a crooked dealer, Leon ...
The Ghost Flower
Released on: 1918-08-18
Drama
Giulia, a Neapolitan girl, much against her will, becomes the mistress of a wealthy gangster. Her "p...
For Valour
Released on: 1917-11-25
Drama, War
Melia Nobbs, a young Canadian woman, supports both her invalid father Ambrose and brother Henry. Whe...
The Flames of Chance
Released on: 1918-01-20
Comedy, Drama
During World War I, Jeanette Gontreau becomes a "godmother" to three Allied soldiers imprisoned in a...
The Failure
Released on: 1915-05-27
Drama
Theatrical manager Isaac Shuman has a reputation for "taking advantage" of young girls who want to b...
The Tale of the 'C'
Released on: 1915-12-24
Comedy, Drama
When young Mary Carpenter and wealthy Peter Cooper, both carrying luggage initialed with a large “C,...
God's Witness
Released on: 1915-05-20
Drama
A story is told of a woman who, disinherited after a scandal, later needs expensive surgery. Her fat...
Too Many Crooks
Released on: 1930-08-01
Comedy, Crime
A man tries to burgle his own safe on the same night that a professional criminal attempts it.
The Harvest Moon
Released on: 1920-04-25
Drama
Madame Vavin dies alone in a small French village without knowledge of her second marriage in Englan...
The Broken Melody
Released on: 1929-02-01
Romance, Drama
An exiled Prince living in Paris, begins a dalliance with an opera singer before returning to his wi...
Joy Street
Released on: 1929-05-12
Drama
Mimi, an unsophisticated American girl attending an exclusive Swiss boarding school, unexpectedly in...
The Great Lover
Released on: 1920-11-15
Drama
Ethel Warren returns from studying in Europe to make her debut in New York with the opera company in...
The Street of Sin
Released on: 1928-05-26
Drama
"Basher Bill," a retired prizefighter turned criminal, pretends to reform by joining a Salvation Arm...
Satan
Released on: 1920-01-30
Drama, History
A three-part historical film: the first episode takes place in ancient Egypt, the second is based on...
Forbidden Love
Released on: 1921-07-17
Drama
New England fisherman John Van Zandt sons Harold and Peter are in love with Eileen Arden, though she...