THINGS HAPPEN AT NIGHT

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THINGS HAPPEN AT NIGHT

"THINGS HAPPEN AT NIGHT" GB 1948

Film Credits:-

Gordon Harker. Roberstson Hare, Alfred Drayton
in
"Things Happen At Night"
Based on the stage play "The Poltergeist" by Frank Harvey Jnr.
An Alliance Film Studios Production
Made at Twickenham & Southall Studios
featuring Olga Lindo, Gary Marsh, Wylie Watson, Joan Young
Music by George Melachrino
Eric Robinson and his Orchestra
Song: "First of Forever" sung by Marilyn Williams
RCA Sound System

Other information:

GB Dec 1948 79 minutes B/W Cert "A" Re-issued 1953
Directed by Francis Searle : Produced by A.R. Shipman, James Carter
Screenplay by St John Leigh Cloves - Based on the play "The Poltergeist" by Frank Harvey Junior
Photography Leslie Rowson : Music Supervisor George Melachrino
A Tudor-Alliance Production : Released by Renown Pictures

Released on 9.5mm optical sound in UK by Pathescope Ltd December 1952 as 9 reels
- approx 76 minutes - musical number cut from 9.5mm release
- good quality rerecorded variable density soundtrack; print quality average (low contrast)

Cast:

Gordon Harker ...................... Joe Harris (insurance agent)
Alfred Drayton ...................... Wilfred Prescott (owner of Hilton Grange)
Robertson Hare .................... Vincent Ebury (millionaire industrialist)
Gwyneth Vaughan ................. Audrey Prescott (younger daughter)
Olga Lindo ............................. Hilda Prescott (wife)
Garry Marsh ......................... Sebastian Spencer (Physical researcher)
Wylie Watson ....................... Watson (the butler)
Joan Young ........................... Mrs Venning (the housekeeper)
Beatrice Cambell ................. Joyce Prescott (elder daughter)
Knox Crichton ...................... ? (magician entertainer ?)

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