The Wager
1916, English. Directed by George D. Baker.
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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- 0h 50m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 13 November 1916
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- George D. Baker
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The Wager isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 13 November 1916. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Wager?
The Wager (1916) was directed by George D. Baker and stars Emily Stevens, Frank Currier, Charles Bowser.