The Exquisite Thief (1919)

ALL 04/28/1919 (en) Drama, Crime 10 Min
  • Release
    04/28/1919
  • Production
    Universal Film Manufacturing Company
  • Rotten tomato
    60%
  • Original title
    The Exquisite Thief
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Blue Jean Billie (Dean), a prosperous young woman crook who lives apart from the denizens of the underworld, has pulled off many robberies of the high society world with the help of her pal Shaver Michael (De Grasse). Billie gains admission to the Vanderhoof dinner at which the engagement of their daughter to Lord Chesterton (Hall) will be announced. While the dinner is in progress, Billie gags and handcuffs special officer Detective Wood (Ross), and proceeds to make a wholesale robbery of the guests. She flees in an automobile and none succeed in tracking her save Lord Chesterton. She makes a prisoner of him, but a police raid follows and she must flee. Once more Lord Chesterton succeeds in following her and again she makes him her prisoner, but she learns to trust and love him. The special agent and Shaver Michael arrive at the scene with resulting complications, but a happy end results for all.

  1. Tod Browning

    Director

  2. Editor

  3. Producer



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  1. Priscilla Dean

    Blue Jean Billie

  2. Thurston Hall

    Algernon P. Smythe

  3. Milton Ross

    Det. Wood

  4. Sam De Grasse

    Shaver Michael

  5. Jean Calhoun

    Muriel Vanderflip

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 5 , Crews : 8

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The Exquisite Thief (1919) 10 Min

ALL 04/28/1919 (en)
Drama, Crime
  • Release 04/28/1919
  • Production
    Universal Film Manufacturing Company
  • Original title The Exquisite Thief
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Blue Jean Billie (Dean), a prosperous young woman crook who lives apart from the denizens of the underworld, has pulled off many robberies of the high society world with the help of her pal Shaver Michael (De Grasse). Billie gains admission to the Vanderhoof dinner at which the engagement of their daughter to Lord Chesterton (Hall) will be announced. While the dinner is in progress, Billie gags and handcuffs special officer Detective Wood (Ross), and proceeds to make a wholesale robbery of the guests. She flees in an automobile and none succeed in tracking her save Lord Chesterton. She makes a prisoner of him, but a police raid follows and she must flee. Once more Lord Chesterton succeeds in following her and again she makes him her prisoner, but she learns to trust and love him. The special agent and Shaver Michael arrive at the scene with resulting complications, but a happy end results for all.

  1. Tod Browning

    Director

  2. Charles W. Tyler

    Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer