London After Midnight (film)

London After Midnight also known as The Hypnotist was a 1927 American silent mystery film with horror overtones distributed by MetroGoldwynMayer. The film was based on the short story The Hypnotist by Tod Browning who also directed the film. London After Midnight starred Lon Chaney, Marceline Day, Conrad Nagel, Henry B. Walthall, and Polly Moran.

A cultured and peaceful home on the outskirts of London. The head of the house, Roger Balfour, is found dead of a bullet wound and he appears to have been killed by his own hand.Some five years later, Edward C. Burke of Scotland Yard, detective and hypnotist must reproduce the scene of the crime and hypnotize the suspect into reenacting the murder. ........

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