The Witching Hour

Apr 26, 1934

1h 9m

★ 5.3

One magic hour of love that came back from the past to save the happiness of two lovers in peril.

Overview

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.

Genres

Mystery

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Judge Martin Prentice

Guy Standing

Jack Brookfield

John Halliday

Jury Foreman

William Frawley

Nancy Brookfield

Judith Allen

Clay Thorne

Tom Brown

Mrs. Helen Thorne

Olive Tell

Lew Ellinger

Richard Carle

Frank Hardmuth

Ralf Harolde

District Attorney Robinson

Purnell Pratt

Police Chief

Frank Sheridan

Margaret Price

Gertrude Michael

Dr. von Strohn

Ferdinand Gottschalk

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