THE VILLIER’S DIAMOND (1938) Edward Ashley, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Birch, Liam Gaffney, Bill Shine. Early Evelyn Ankers vehicle about a thief who arrives at the home of wealthy businessman to collect a debt owed him for stealing the priceless Villiers Diamond for the businessman. However, when the thief arrives, the businessman claims the diamond has not been sold and therefore the crook can't be paid off. Soon the house is crawling with other suspicious types, all plotting to get their hands on the priceless jewel. At age nineteen, Ankers is a peach, while top-billed Ashley is very suave and not who he pretends to be. From 16mm.
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