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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Emily Stevens
Diamond Daisy Doyle
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Frank Currier
A.E. Thorpe
Known for
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Charles Bowser
J.S. Chandler
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Lyster Chambers
Slipper Jim
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Hugh Jeffrey
Duggan
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Daniel Jarrett
Commissioner James Stone
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Harry Mayo
Secretary to Police Commissioner
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George D. Baker Director
United States release November 13, 1916 · Produced in United States · Production Metro Pictures Corporation
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Rolfe Photoplays
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Metro Pictures Corporation
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United States
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English
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No dialogue
Release dates
United States · November 13, 1916
Theatrical
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