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The Witching Hour

The Witching Hour

APR 10, 1921 · 82 MIN · DIR. WILLIAM DESMOND TAYLOR

MysteryDrama

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.

Cast

  • Elliott Dexter

    Elliott Dexter

    Psychic Jack Brookfield

  • Winter Hall

    Winter Hall

    Judge Prentice

  • Ruth Renick

    Ruth Renick

    Viola Campbell

  • Robert Cain

    Robert Cain

    Frank Hardmuth

  • A. Edward Sutherland

    A. Edward Sutherland

    Clay Whipple

  • Mary Alden

    Mary Alden

    Helen Whipple

  • F.A. Turner

    F.A. Turner

    Lew Ellinger

  • Genevieve Blinn

    Mrs. Campbell

Crew

Screenplay

Julia Crawford Ivers

Director of Photography

James Van Trees

Producer

Jesse L. Lasky