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65% Critic Match
The Witching Hour
“One magic hour of love that came back from the past to save the happiness of two lovers in peril.”
6.5 / 10• 1934• 1h 9m•NR• English
MysteryDrama
Storyline
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 & Crew
Guy Standing
Judge Martin Prentice
Lead
John Halliday
Jack Brookfield
William Frawley
Jury Foreman
Judith Allen
Nancy Brookfield
Tom Brown
Clay Thorne
Olive Tell
Mrs. Helen Thorne
Richard Carle
Lew Ellinger
Ralf Harolde
Frank Hardmuth
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Henry Hathaway's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Witching Hour is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
