
The Trail of the Thief
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.
- Year: 1916
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: American Film Manufacturing Company
- Keyword: lost film
- Director: Tom Ricketts
- Cast: Edward Coxen, Winifred Greenwood, George Field, Marie Van Tassell, Jack Farrell, George Armstrong