The Exquisite Thief
Cast & Crew
Tod Browning
Priscilla Dean
Thurston Hall
Milton Ross
Sam Degrasse
Jean Calhoun
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Master thief Blue Jean Billie, the unknown perpetrator of many sensational jewel heists, robs the guests at the exclusive party marking the engagement of Muriel Vanderflip to Algernon P. Smythe, Lord Chesterton. Overpowering Detective Wood, specially stationed there to stop her, Muriel escapes with her chauffeur, Shaver Michael. After Shaver's car overturns, Billie surprises her pursuers, and at gunpoint, makes them return, but Smythe, hiding on the side of Shaver's car, accompanies them until Billie discovers him and makes him take them to his home, where she holds him prisoner. To Shaver's dismay, Billie and Smythe fall in love. After they escape a police raid, Smythe convinces Billie to send the jewels back and marry him. Although she has her doubts when she learns that Smythe is really the international crook "English Harry," after he fights Shaver and locks him and Wood in their retreat with the stolen jewels, Billie and Harry make their final escape vowing to go straight.
Director
Tod Browning
Cast
Priscilla Dean
Thurston Hall
Milton Ross
Sam Degrasse
Jean Calhoun
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
The title of this film was changed from Raggedy Ann. Production began January 5, 1919. Exteriors for the film were shot near Big Bear, CA.
