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Cast

Bebe Daniels

Bebe Daniels

Jenny

Neil Hamilton

Neil Hamilton

Bob Van Dyke

Anne Cornwall

Anne Cornwall

Beth Van Dyke

Crew

William C. de Mille

William C. de Mille

Director

William C. de Mille

William C. de Mille

Story

Violet Clark

Violet Clark

Writer

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The Splendid Crime

19250.0 / 1060 min

Overview

Jenny, a pretty thief, is discovered by Bob Van Dyke, a young millionaire, when she is about to burgle his safe. He lectures her on the evils of crime and, to test her decency, leaves her alone with a large roll of bills. Jenny decides to go straight and leaves the money alone. She then gets a job as a dressmaker and is later called to the Van Dyke home to do some work for Bob's sister, and Jenny discovers that, faced with financial ruin in the stock market, Bob is about to steal $20,000 from his housekeeper. To forestall him, Jenny arranges for her old confederates to steal the money first, taking the blame for the crime herself. Inspired by Jenny's example, Bob accepts his bankruptcy with grace, becomes a golf pro, and marries Jenny, who, in the meantime, has returned the money and settled her score with the law. A lost film