The Trail of the Thief
The Trail of the Thief
1916, English. Directed by Tom Ricketts.
Detective Martin Gale, tough with criminals but awkward with women, secretly loves Dorothy Baird, a clever operative at the agency he manages. He gives her a small revolver engraved with his name as a token. Dorothy is assigned to cover a party for a society debutante, where she meets James Vallon, a popular and wealthy young man, and they are attracted to each other. While he flirts with her a valuable necklace goes missing and as Dorothy digs deeper into the incident she begins to suspect Vallon is involved.
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- 0h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- 1 June 1916
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The Trail of the Thief isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 June 1916. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Trail of the Thief?
The Trail of the Thief (1916) was directed by Tom Ricketts and stars Edward Coxen, Winifred Greenwood, George Field.