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Things Happen at Night is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Francis Searle with Gordon Harker
Things Happen at Night (1948)
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Add to a movie listThings Happen at Night is a 1947 British supernatural ghost comedy film directed by Francis Searle and starring Gordon Harker, Alfred Drayton, Robertson Hare and Gwynneth Vaughan. The film is based upon a stage play, The Poltergeist, by Frank Harvey Jnr.
Synopsis
An English country house is plagued by a poltergeist who destroys things in the home, rearranges pictures on the wall, and possesses the daughter of the owner causing her to be expelled from school. A psychic ghost breaker and an insurance agent help the homeowners battle and expel the spirit.Actors
Gordon Harker
(Joe Harris)
Alfred Drayton
(Wilfred Prescott)
Olga Lindo
(Hilda Prescott)
Garry Marsh
(Spenser)
Wylie Watson
(Watson)
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