The Bells

Jul 29, 1926

1h 8m

★ 6.2

Overview

A kindly but desperate Alsatian innkeeper named Mathias murders and robs a rich Jewish merchant staying at his inn, but the ghost of his victim will not let him rest. Meanwhile, a mysterious Mesmerist has come to town, claiming he has made many criminals confess their crimes...

Genres

Drama

Crime

Horror

Production Companies

Chadwick Pictures Corporation

The Bells Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Mathias

Lionel Barrymore

Catharine

Caroline Frances Cooke

Jerome Frantz

Gustav von Seyffertitz

Hans

Lorimer Johnston

The Mesmerist

Boris Karloff

Christian

Eddie Phillips

Annette

Lola Todd

Baruch Koweski / Jethro Koweski

E. Alyn Warren

Fortune Teller

Laura La Varnie

Mesmerist Announcer (uncredited)

John George

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