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The Trail of the Thief (1916)

Directed by Tom Ricketts

Drama · 20m

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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Cast

Edward Coxen Martin Gale Winifred Greenwood Dorothy Baird George Field James Vallon Marie Van Tassell
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Jack Farrell Sport McGuire
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George Armstrong Sport's Side Partner
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Meta Drinkwitz Elaine Mills
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Anna Morrison Elaine's Sister

Crew

Director
Tom Ricketts

Details

Release date
1916-06-01
Runtime
20m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
American Film Manufacturing Company