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The Witching Hour(1921)
Status: Released
Date: 1921-04-10
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Time: 1h 22m
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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.
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United States of America
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Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Movie: The Witching Hour
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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
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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.
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1921-04-10
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