Things Happen at Night (1948)
An amiable poltergeist causes problems in a family's home by taking over the body of the youngest daughter in this comedy. It is a scientist and an insurance investigator who figure out what happened. Real mayhem ensues when the spirit jumps into the body of the insurance detective. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Francis Searle
Synopsis of Things Happen at Night
An amiable poltergeist causes problems in a family's home by taking over the body of the youngest daughter in this comedy. It is a scientist and an insurance investigator who figure out what happened. Real mayhem ensues when the spirit jumps into the body of the insurance detective. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Things Happen at Night
- Beatrice Campbell - Joyce Prescott
- Alfred Drayton - Wilfred Prescott
- Gordon Harker - Joe Harris
- Garry Marsh - Spencer
- Peter Reynolds
- Joan Young - Mrs. Venning
- Charles Doe - Bill
- Ernest Borrow
- Lilian Stanley
- Judith Warden - Mrs. Fortescue
- Eric Robinson - Himself
- Grace Denbeigh-Russell - Miss Handcock
- Robertson Hare - Vincent Ebury
- Olga Lindo - Hilda Prescott
- Patricia Owens
- Wylie Watson - Watson
- Eric Micklewood - Nobby Ebury
- June Elvin - Miss Minter
- Esme Lewis
- Gwyneth Vaughan - Audrey Prescott
- Marilyn Williams - Singer
- Director(s):
- Francis Searle
- Writer(s):
- Legh St. John Clowes
- Producer(s):
- James Carter, A.R. Shipman
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