The Witching Hour
- Released on
- Runtime
- 69 mins
Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently hypnotizes young Clay Thorne, Thorne kills an enemy of Brookfield's while under a trance. No one believes Brookfield's protestations that Thorne is innocent of any murderous intent, so Brookfield teams up with retired lawyer Martin Prentice in hopes of saving the young man from the gallows.
Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently hypnotizes young Clay Thorne, Thorne kills an enemy of Brookfield's while under a trance. No one believes Brookfield's protestations that Thorne is innocent of any murderous intent, so Brookfield teams up with retired lawyer Martin Prentice in hopes of saving the young man from the gallows.
Cast
- Guy Standing
- John Halliday
- William Frawley
- Judith Allen
- Tom Brown
- Olive Tell
- Richard Carle
- Ralf Harolde
- Purnell Pratt
- Frank Sheridan
- Gertrude Michael
- Ferdinand Gottschalk
Director
- Henry Hathaway
Producers
- Anthony Veiller
