Movie

The Witching Hour (1921)

• April 10, 1921
• 1h 22m

• Mystery
• Drama

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.

Director

William Desmond Taylor

Writers

Julia Crawford Ivers, Augustus E. Thomas

Starring

Elliott Dexter, Winter Hall, Ruth Renick