The Witching Hour

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1921 · 82 min · Mystery · Drama · TMDB 7.0/10

Overview

Clay Whipple is convicted of murdering the governor following an incident involving a cat's eye pin. Whipple is sentenced to death, but a mentalist named Psychic Jack believes he is innocent since Whipple had been hypnotized at the time of the murder. The psychic persuades the judge to grant the condemned man a retrial, and he sets out to uncover the identity of the real killer, during which time he manages to prevent a second murder from occurring.

Directed by William Desmond Taylor

Cast

• Elliott Dexter — Psychic Jack Brookfield
• Winter Hall — Judge Prentice
• Ruth Renick — Viola Campbell
• Robert Cain — Frank Hardmuth
• A. Edward Sutherland — Clay Whipple