
The Witching Hour (1921)
1h 22m | PG-13
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
Studio: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Video: 720p
Cast

Elliott Dexter
as Psychic 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