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...
Lionel Barrymore | Mathias |
Caroline Frances Cooke | Catharine |
Gustav von Seyffertitz | Jerome Frantz |
Lorimer Johnston | Hans |
Boris Karloff | The mesmerist |
Eddie Phillips | Christian |
Lola Todd | Annette |
Laura La Varnie | Fortune Teller |
E. Alyn Warren | Baruch Koweski - The Polish Jew |
John George | Mesmerist Announcer (uncredited) |