The WagerMovie
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.
About The Wager
The Wager is a 1916 drama, crime movie directed by George D. Baker.
The production information lists a runtime of 50m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Emily Stevens, Frank Currier, Charles Bowser, Lyster Chambers. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
