Things Happen at Night is a 1947 British supernatural ghost comedy film directed by Francis Searle and starring Gordon Harker, Alfred Drayton, Robertson Hare and Garry Marsh.

[2] The film is based upon a stage play, The Poltergeist, by Frank Harvey.

Besides damaging the house's contents, the poltergeist possesses a schoolgirl and causes her expulsion from school.

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.