The Witching Hour

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

William Desmond Taylor

Writers

Julia Crawford Ivers, Augustus E. Thomas

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

10 April 1921

Ensemble

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

• Genevieve Blinn

  Mrs. Campbell