The Witching Hour (1921)
70 min
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
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Elliott Dexter as Jack Brookfield
- Winter Hall as Judge Prentice
- Ruth Renick as Viola Campbell
- Robert Cain as Frank Hardmuth
- A. Edward Sutherland as Clay Whipple
- Mary Alden as Helen Whipple
- F.A. Turner as Lew Ellinger
- Genevieve Blinn as Mrs. Campbell
- Charles West as Tom Denning
- L.M. Wells as Judge Henderson
Crew
- William Desmond Taylor · Director
- Julia Crawford Ivers · Writer
- Augustus Thomas · Writer
- Jesse L. Lasky · Producer
- James Van Trees · Cinematographer