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The Witching Hour

  • 1921
  • TMDB 7.0/10
  • 1h 22m

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.

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.

Cast

  • Elliott DexterPsychic Jack Brookfield
  • Winter HallJudge Prentice
  • Ruth RenickViola Campbell
  • Robert CainFrank Hardmuth
  • A. Edward SutherlandClay Whipple
  • Mary AldenHelen Whipple
  • F.A. TurnerLew Ellinger
  • Genevieve BlinnMrs. Campbell

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