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