The Witching Hour

The Witching Hour — Plot

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.

• Release date
• April 10, 1921
• Runtime
• 82 min
• Genres
• Mystery, Drama
• Director
• William Desmond Taylor

The Witching Hour — Cast

Elliott Dexter Psychic Jack Brookfield Winter Hall Judge Prentice Ruth Renick Viola Campbell Robert Cain Frank Hardmuth A. Edward Sutherland Clay Whipple Mary Alden Helen Whipple F.A. Turner Lew Ellinger

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Genevieve Blinn Mrs. Campbell