Things Happen at Night

Things Happen at Night - 1947 | 79 mins | Comedy, Horror | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Francis Searle.
Producer: St. John Legh Clowes.
Script: St. John Legh Clowes and Frank Harvey. (from the play The Poltergeist)
Cinematography: Leslie Rowson and Kenneth Talbot.
Editing: Eily Boland and David Hawkins.
Production Design: Harry Moore.
Makeup Department: Ella Fuller and George Turner.
Sound Department: E. Michael Boyd, George Burgess and H.C. Pearson.

The Cast

Gordon Harker - Joe Harris
Alfred Drayton - Wilfred Prescott
Garry Marsh - Spenser
Gwynneth Vaughan - Audrey Prescott
Robertson Hare - Vincent Ebury
Wylie Watson - Watson
Joan Young - Mr. Venning
Beatrice Campbell - Joyce Prscott
Knox Crichton - Nobby Ebury

Plot Synopsis

Amiable ghost comedy reminiscent of the Alwych farces with an ageing cast including Gordon Harker, Alfred Drayton and Robertson Hare.

Mr Spenser (Garry Marsh), a professor from the College for Psychical Research hears of a rampant poltergeist haunting the residents of ancestral home Hilton Grange. He pays a visit to the proprietor of the haunted mansion, Wilfred Prescott (Alfred Drayton), but is dismissed as a crank and sent from the premises. Also visiting the Prescott family home are Empire insurance investigator Joe Harris (Gordon Harker) and industrialist Vincent Ebury (Robertson Hare).

Soon the psychic investigator returns and identifies the malign spirit is residing in the body of Prescott’s youngest daughter Audrey (Gwynneth Vaughan). Spenser, Harris and Prescott settle in for a midnight exorcism but the evening’s events don’t go entirely to plan.