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. The film is based upon a stage play, The Poltergeist, by Frank Harvey. It was shot at Twickenham Studios. Despite the film's comparatively large budget it ended up being released as a second feature.
The film is set in an English country house which is haunted by a poltergeist. Besides damaging the house's contents, the poltergeist possesses a schoolgirl and causes her expulsion from school. The homeowners receive help from a ghost breaker.
Plot
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.
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The film is set in an English country house which is haunted by a poltergeist. Besides damaging the house's contents, the poltergeist possesses a schoolgirl and causes her expulsion from school. The homeowners receive help from a ghost breaker.
Plot
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.
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00:04:40Come in.
00:04:42Breakfast in a few minutes, madam.
00:04:44Oh, thank you, Watson.
00:04:45Mr. Prescott refused his breakfast and has gone to the veterinary surgeons.
00:04:48Oh, Watson.
00:04:49He asked me to deal with one or two matters during his absence.
00:04:51Don't think I want any breakfast either. I didn't sleep well.
00:04:54I trust you weren't disturbed.
00:04:56What? Oh, no. Thank you, Watson.
00:04:58Uh, I regret I have to inform you, madam, that Mrs. Venning, uh...
00:05:02Oh, not again.
00:05:06Mr. Prescott doesn't know, does he?
00:05:08Oh, no, madam.
00:05:09Anyway, I'll come down and see her.
00:05:11Oh, uh, Watson.
00:05:13There isn't anything else irregular, is there?
00:05:15No, madam.
00:05:16Everything perfectly normal.
00:05:19Oh, dear.
00:05:20More trouble?
00:05:21Yes, madam.
00:05:28No.
00:05:29Not even if Miss Joyce was here in Queens, I wouldn't stay.
00:05:31I've worn me blinking suitcase out packing it this last month.
00:05:34Nothing's going to stop me leaving this time.
00:05:36The way you go on leaving, I should keep your case packed.
00:05:39Huh.
00:05:40Oh, good morning, Mrs. Venning.
00:05:42It's, um...
00:05:44It's a lovely day, isn't it?
00:05:46Beautiful, ma'am.
00:05:47But with due respect, I wouldn't rightly care if it was raining cats and dogs.
00:05:50Not even if they was human cats and dogs.
00:05:53I think Mrs. Venning means if it was real rain, madam.
00:05:56Yes, the wet sort.
00:05:58Oh, dear.
00:06:00What has happened this time?
00:06:03It's me hat.
00:06:05Me Sunday hat, too, ma'am.
00:06:07Right through the middle.
00:06:09Oh, what a shame.
00:06:11And such a beautiful hat.
00:06:13First I thought it was him.
00:06:15Then them.
00:06:16And now I know it's it.
00:06:18And it's had it, ma'am.
00:06:20Such a pretty hat, too.
00:06:22But fortunately, Mrs. Venning, I have...
00:06:24I'm sorry, ma'am.
00:06:26Oh, but it's the very latest model.
00:06:28I wore it on my honeymoon.
00:06:32It comes from Paris, Mrs. Venning.
00:06:34Paris?
00:06:36Did you say Paris, ma'am?
00:06:38Paris.
00:06:41Now, I might oblige.
00:06:43Oh, thank you, Mrs. Venning.
00:06:45I'm so glad.
00:06:46And I do hope everything will be all right in future.
00:06:48I hope so.
00:06:50Oh, don't you worry.
00:06:51I'll take the tray.
00:06:53Yes, and I'll take her case, madam.
00:06:57Oh, uh...
00:06:59Yours.
00:07:03Well, is she any better?
00:07:04No.
00:07:05It's a mystery to me what's wrong with her.
00:07:07Mr. Prescott wants you to phone the Agricultural...
00:07:09Oh, I've done that half an hour ago.
00:07:12He won't know what we know.
00:07:14She's better off out of it.
00:07:16Oh, don't be an old fool.
00:07:30Put Sally away, the idiots.
00:07:33Breakfast ready, dear?
00:07:42Hilda, what is the matter with you this morning?
00:07:45Nothing, Wilfred. Nothing.
00:07:47There certainly is.
00:07:48What's going on in there?
00:07:49Don't go in there, Wilfred, please.
00:07:50What's got into everybody this morning?
00:07:52I don't know.
00:07:53I don't know.
00:07:54I don't know.
00:07:55I don't know.
00:07:56I don't know.
00:07:57What's got into everybody this morning?
00:07:59Have you all gone crazy?
00:08:18Coal!
00:08:21It's that coal again.
00:08:22Where?
00:08:23Drawing room now.
00:08:24First time he's seen it.
00:08:25And about time, too.
00:08:26Men don't know much of what goes on in the house, do they, Vennie?
00:08:28Men.
00:08:31And I've told him about those noises.
00:08:33Horrible things they are when you're half asleep.
00:08:36Oh, Mrs. Venning,
00:08:37about that drawing room rug that you found with a hole burned in it,
00:08:40I wrote to the insurance company and claimed 25 pounds.
00:08:43They're sending their assessor today to see it.
00:08:45Mr. Harris.
00:08:46No.
00:08:47Oh, and, Mrs. Venning,
00:08:49you won't say anything about what happens?
00:08:53Very good, ma'am.
00:08:57What's the matter, Mummy?
00:08:58Hmm?
00:08:59Nothing, darling.
00:09:00Just a headache, that's all.
00:09:01Didn't you sleep well again?
00:09:02No.
00:09:04Did you?
00:09:05Mm.
00:09:06Fine.
00:09:07Oh.
00:09:09Look what Mr. Ebres sent your father.
00:09:15That's jolly good.
00:09:18I'm Sally the Belle of the Hilton Grange herd.
00:09:21I know it's good.
00:09:22I put my all in it.
00:09:23That's just what Daddy wants.
00:09:25Somebody commercial.
00:09:27Anyway, our herd's milk will be a jolly good ad for old Ebrie.
00:09:33What is the matter, Mummy?
00:09:35Those awful noises.
00:09:37Thumping and dragging.
00:09:39I don't think I can stand it much longer.
00:09:42Oh, my goodness, the study.
00:09:44He mustn't see the study.
00:09:47No, no, Wilfrey, don't go in there.
00:09:49Now, don't tell me there are noises in the study as well.
00:09:52Well, no, not exactly.
00:09:54It does creak a little,
00:09:56but mostly things just sort of turn round in there.
00:10:00Turn round?
00:10:01Hilton, have you been drinking?
00:10:03I wish I had.
00:10:05Quit, Scott.
00:10:07Well, I'm dead.
00:10:08I'm dead.
00:10:09I'm dead.
00:10:10I'm dead.
00:10:11I'm dead.
00:10:12I'm dead.
00:10:13I'm dead.
00:10:14I'm dead.
00:10:15Well, I'm dead.
00:10:16There, I told you.
00:10:17And Grandfather.
00:10:19By Jove, I know.
00:10:20I know exactly.
00:10:21It was that boy I sent.
00:10:23The one who drove the tractor.
00:10:24It's not, Wilfred.
00:10:25It couldn't be.
00:10:26He can't make noises.
00:10:27Not those noises.
00:10:29Oh, stop jabbering about noises, Hilda.
00:10:32The little brute did this to get his own back.
00:10:34It's perfectly clear.
00:10:35Oh, what about the lights?
00:10:36What lights?
00:10:37On the top floor.
00:10:38In the attic.
00:10:39In the middle of the night.
00:10:40How could you see lights on the top floor in the middle of the night
00:10:42when you're asleep in bed?
00:10:43Listening to the noises.
00:10:44Well, I haven't.
00:10:45But lots of the village people have.
00:10:47Well, bolt all the windows at night.
00:10:49And I'll tell the boy's father to turn his behind.
00:10:51And that's that.
00:10:53I wish I could believe you, Wilfred.
00:10:54But I can't.
00:10:56This house has become unbearable.
00:10:58It's...
00:10:59It's horrifying.
00:11:00Hilda.
00:11:01We've lived here happily for 20 years.
00:11:03And now it's horrifying.
00:11:05It's ridiculous.
00:11:06You must pull yourself together.
00:11:08I can't have you like this when evil becomes...
00:11:10Well, I have tried, Wilfred.
00:11:11Really, I have.
00:11:12I can't help it.
00:11:13I'm just frightened here.
00:11:15It's awful to come down in the morning
00:11:17and find all the pictures turned to the wall.
00:11:19And then there's the cold.
00:11:21Oh.
00:11:22Oh, sorry, sir.
00:11:23Come in, Watson.
00:11:25Hilda, you need a holiday.
00:11:27Away from the house and the girls.
00:11:29Watson.
00:11:31Have you noticed anything strange in here recently?
00:11:34No, sir.
00:11:35Everything quite regular.
00:11:36But what's in those pictures?
00:11:38Some are best turned to the wall.
00:11:40That's my grandfather.
00:11:41Oh, I'm sorry, sir.
00:11:43But, Wilfred, the cold.
00:11:45And the...
00:11:46The noises.
00:11:47Things do go bump in the night, sir.
00:11:49But then I found something always is happening at night, sir.
00:11:52And I've learned to live and let live, sir.
00:11:54There you are, Hilda.
00:11:55And he sleeps upstairs.
00:11:56Get that door in them cleared up.
00:11:58This can wait.
00:11:59Very good, sir.
00:12:00Now let us go and see the rug.
00:12:02And you'll feel better, eh?
00:12:03But, I don't...
00:12:04Now, now, now, now.
00:12:06Very well, dear.
00:12:07Nerves, worries, fancies.
00:12:09That's all it is.
00:12:12What the devil?
00:12:14Someone's broken the window.
00:12:21Look on the floor, Wilfred.
00:12:26Cold.
00:12:29And hot, too.
00:12:31Extraordinary thing.
00:12:32There's no glass here.
00:12:34I'm off now, mummy.
00:12:35Mummy, I'm having tea with Freddy and his mother.
00:12:37They're driving me down.
00:12:38All right, darling.
00:12:39Well, hurry along now.
00:12:40Bye-bye, mummy.
00:12:41Bye-bye, daddy.
00:12:43Hilda,
00:12:44I'm beginning to realize what you're up against.
00:12:46Well,
00:12:47what do you think now, Wilfred?
00:12:51A catapult.
00:12:52That's what I think.
00:12:54I'll catapult the little blighter when I get hold of him.
00:13:04You'd better get some wine up for dinner, Watson.
00:13:07Had I been enough steam off the label, sir,
00:13:09made in England and pork-type,
00:13:11rather prejudiced one, I feel, sir.
00:13:13No, we'll have the good stuff this time.
00:13:15Oh, very good, sir.
00:13:16Have you seen it yet, Wilfred?
00:13:17I'm going to show it to the chap when he comes.
00:13:19Is that all you can say?
00:13:20Oh, for heaven's sake, relax, Hilda.
00:13:22What with your fancy,
00:13:23an evening coming,
00:13:24and Zoom trying to get rid of Sally.
00:13:26Is everybody in this house gone?
00:13:28Oh, no.
00:13:29Can't be here anymore.
00:13:31Please, come.
00:13:40Sheep dip, pig's food, rabbit hutches, mange cures,
00:13:42flea powders, manures,
00:13:43and all fertilizers at the back door.
00:13:45There.
00:13:46Salts.
00:13:47No farm implements through here.
00:13:49Office entrance at the back door.
00:13:51Round there.
00:13:52I'll have you know I have no implement.
00:13:54Boar war?
00:13:55No, great war.
00:13:56You get fish in Limerick, you'll cop it.
00:13:58First right, first right again, and you'll find it.
00:14:00I'm here on business, not pleasure.
00:14:02I represent the Empire Insurance Company.
00:14:04Somebody's burnt a hole in the rug here
00:14:05and is trying to touch us for it.
00:14:07Now, why didn't you say that in the first place?
00:14:09Mr. Prescott has been waiting for you.
00:14:11Oh, that's better.
00:14:12Back door.
00:14:14Good afternoon.
00:14:15And what can I do for you?
00:14:18Oh, this way, sir.
00:14:20Go on.
00:14:40Let's go.
00:14:41This way, sir.
00:14:42Go on.
00:14:44Yes.
00:14:49Come in.
00:14:51The insurance person, sir.
00:14:53Here, mind your manners.
00:14:55Oh, yes.
00:14:56Afternoon, Squire. Joe Harris, Empire Insurance.
00:14:59Come to settle your little bit of trouble, sir.
00:15:01That's right, sir. Harris is the name.
00:15:03Always pays on the dot. No unnecessary questions asked.
00:15:06Well, not for a start, at any rate.
00:15:08Well, sit down and shut up.
00:15:09Eh?
00:15:10Well, I mean, a gentleman like you has no idea what we run up against.
00:15:13I mean, I got a case of arson in here, red hot.
00:15:15You get ten years for that.
00:15:17Well, that's very interesting.
00:15:18Once I get my teeth in something, I'd only go in a hurry, I can tell you.
00:15:20Well, you'd better keep them insured. You never can tell.
00:15:23Well, I can give you just ten minutes.
00:15:25I've got some people arriving.
00:15:26I suppose you want to have a look at the rug?
00:15:28Yeah, better have a deco.
00:15:29How was it burnt?
00:15:30Well, I suppose the coal fell out of the fire.
00:15:32Oh, where did that happen?
00:15:33I'm the Frenchest. The cook found it.
00:15:35I'll get her.
00:15:36Very good.
00:15:37Oh, yes.
00:15:38Good for her.
00:15:41Lucky I didn't make the claim, or I'd have charged you 50 pounds.
00:15:44Well, 25 quid a hole isn't exactly cheap.
00:15:46Well, that's a matter of opinion.
00:15:47That's true.
00:15:48Last week I had to pay 500 quid for one.
00:15:50Really?
00:15:51What, a Persian?
00:15:52Chinese.
00:15:53Queer, but expensive.
00:15:55Lovely on the floor, though.
00:15:57Yeah, I wouldn't mind splitting one out at home, not half, I wouldn't.
00:16:00I once laid a Turk.
00:16:01In there.
00:16:02But my wife wouldn't stand for it.
00:16:05Wives.
00:16:06Very narrow-minded.
00:16:07But the colour was very attractive.
00:16:08Well, there's something very attractive about a hose to them, is there, sir?
00:16:1225 quid a time.
00:16:13My good fellow, you seem to think I was glad the rug was burnt.
00:16:16But it is disfigured.
00:16:17And naturally, I want my money.
00:16:19Come into the drawing room.
00:16:20All right, no offence meant.
00:16:22Watson.
00:16:23Sir.
00:16:24Show Mrs. Wenning up, Watson.
00:16:27That's a very valuable fur.
00:16:29Oh, yes.
00:16:30Oh, that's a lovely bit of skin, that is.
00:16:33Lose your way in that, couldn't you?
00:16:34North American bear.
00:16:35Go on.
00:16:36Yes, that's a nasty hole, that is.
00:16:38Why, the thing's ruined.
00:16:39Make a nice set of dinner mats out of it, couldn't you?
00:16:41Hair soup every day, then, eh?
00:16:47You sent for me, sir?
00:16:48Yes, Mrs. Wenning.
00:16:50When did you find that rug burnt?
00:16:52Last Tuesday, it was.
00:16:54I shall never forget it to my dying day.
00:16:56I know it was last Tuesday because that's the day the girl didn't get out...
00:16:59That's going to be without the guard in front of it.
00:17:01The mistress always leaves the guard there, sir.
00:17:04I see.
00:17:05Blimey, I couldn't give a little finger through that.
00:17:07Well, that's the idea of having a guard, so nothing can get through.
00:17:10Well, a little coal couldn't make a big hole like that.
00:17:12It could have started it burning, couldn't it?
00:17:14Queer.
00:17:15That's all I've got to say.
00:17:17Don't hoot me, I don't like it.
00:17:18Excuse me, sir, but...
00:17:20But what?
00:17:21Nothing could have got through that guard there.
00:17:23Not even a little ember.
00:17:25What the blazes do you mean, Mrs. Wenning?
00:17:28Because there wasn't no fire.
00:17:30No fire?
00:17:31There hasn't been one in here for a month.
00:17:34Oh.
00:17:35Now, I've got me teeth in it, insurance or not.
00:17:37Oh, this is ridiculous.
00:17:39It must have been a cigarette.
00:17:41No, sir.
00:17:42I found the coal in the old, same as me hat.
00:17:45But you said...
00:17:46There were no fire here, sir.
00:17:47Arson, that's what.
00:17:48How the devil can a live coal get on a rug when there's no fire?
00:17:51How can one get in me hat box?
00:17:53I'm not interested in your hat.
00:17:54Any claim?
00:17:56Well, I never thought of that, Mr. Harris.
00:17:58No, there's no claim.
00:17:59Oh, Wilfred, there's a...
00:18:01Oh.
00:18:04There's a what?
00:18:05There's a Mr. Spencer to see you.
00:18:07Oh, yes, yes, yes.
00:18:08But I want to get this business straightened out.
00:18:10First I find the place covered in coal, then there's a fire and no coal.
00:18:13I'd like the recipe for that one.
00:18:14Oh, dear.
00:18:15Can I claim for me atmum?
00:18:16Well, I...
00:18:17You can try, cookie.
00:18:18Any more claims here, and I call a copper.
00:18:19Harris, you're being too familiar.
00:18:20Mrs. Wenning, please get the tea.
00:18:22I'll tell Mr. Harris all about it.
00:18:23I'll bet.
00:18:24And me atmum?
00:18:25Well, not now.
00:18:27Wilfred, I've just seen Mr. Ebery's car.
00:18:29He'll be here any moment.
00:18:30What?
00:18:31You must go.
00:18:32Not likely.
00:18:33Hilda, put Ebery in here.
00:18:34Harris, come with me.
00:18:39Can't keep a moment, Spencer.
00:18:40Mr. Prescott, I think I can help you.
00:18:42Now, don't worry about the old cow.
00:18:43She'll be all right as soon as I've done the coal business.
00:18:45I'm sure of it.
00:18:46Lummi, I wouldn't cookie enough for a million.
00:18:47What does the coal have to do with the old cow?
00:18:49Well, somebody's got to clear it up.
00:18:50I'm sure of it.
00:18:51I'm sure of it.
00:18:52I'm sure of it.
00:18:53I'm sure of it.
00:18:54I'm sure of it.
00:18:55Well, somebody's got to clear it up, haven't they?
00:18:56Shut up.
00:18:57Have you gone mad too?
00:18:58Ah, that's a feature of these cases, Mr. Prescott.
00:19:00Everything does seem mad.
00:19:01That's right.
00:19:02Please, insanity.
00:19:03You'll get off for six months.
00:19:04Will you keep quiet, Harris?
00:19:05Ah, don't blame him.
00:19:06He doesn't understand.
00:19:07Nor do I.
00:19:08You come here from the Agricultural College to see a cow?
00:19:11Agricultural College, my dear sir.
00:19:13I come from the College of Psychical Research.
00:19:15What?
00:19:16Psychical Research.
00:19:17The investigation of unnatural and supernatural phenomena.
00:19:20Of course.
00:19:21Tell him if he don't frighten himself to death.
00:19:22Then what the devil are you doing snooping around my house?
00:19:24Mr. Prescott, your animals are ill and no one knows why.
00:19:27There are lights.
00:19:28Signs, manifestations.
00:19:30Windows are broken.
00:19:31Coal scattered over the floor.
00:19:33Things are burnt when no fire or flame exists.
00:19:36Let me, there'll be ghosts in a minute.
00:19:37How do you mean?
00:19:38Not exactly ghosts, Mr. Harris.
00:19:40But a scientifically recognized manifestation.
00:19:42Still ghosts to me.
00:19:43A poltergeist.
00:19:44A person in a house possessed of a mischievous, sometimes evil, spirit.
00:19:48Oh, fiddle sticks.
00:19:49Oh, not at all.
00:19:50You've read of them frequently in the papers.
00:19:51There was that child at market only last week.
00:19:53Oh, yes, I remember that.
00:19:54No, no.
00:19:55Just a setup to cover the old.
00:19:56Oh, keep quiet.
00:19:57Mr. Prescott, I assure you a poltergeist has taken possession of this house.
00:20:01A polter, or whatever you call it, may or may not have taken possession of this house, Mr. Spencer.
00:20:06But no fool, fattening, psychical investigator is going to do the same thing.
00:20:10I beg of you to treat this seriously.
00:20:12It can be dangerous.
00:20:13It can be a lot of twaddle, too.
00:20:14You know where the door is, I think.
00:20:16Oh, very well.
00:20:17Very well.
00:20:18But you'll need me sooner or later.
00:20:19I'll be waiting at the Crown.
00:20:24Well, good night.
00:20:41And it's all the same!
00:20:43It is of interest!
00:20:45Ted, no, not you!
00:20:49Oh, good afternoon, good afternoon.
00:20:50A word of advice to you, sir.
00:20:51A word of advice to you, sir. Be careful. Be very, very careful.
00:20:57Well, well, I never.
00:20:58Make a note of it, Miss Pintot.
00:21:01Now, get this into your thick head.
00:21:03I'm withdrawing my claim, so now you can clear out.
00:21:05It's out of your hands now.
00:21:07Once a phony claim is made...
00:21:08Will you clear out?
00:21:09I got me teeth in that rug, and once I get me teeth in anything...
00:21:11Well, you don't take it out and chew it. Out you go.
00:21:14Good afternoon, good afternoon, Prescott.
00:21:15Hope I don't disturb you.
00:21:17Saved me a room in life. Greatest God.
00:21:22Not at all, my dear Ivery.
00:21:23Of course you don't.
00:21:24Let me present you to Mr. Harris, a friend of mine.
00:21:27A director of the Empire Insurance Company.
00:21:29Eh, Harris?
00:21:30Delighted, delighted.
00:21:31Sit down, Mr. Ivery.
00:21:32Surely, Harris, you recognize Vincent Ivery, the great industrialist?
00:21:36The founder of Ivery's Food for Everyman?
00:21:38Oh, you flatter me, Prescott.
00:21:39Just a humble working millionaire, but interested in insurance.
00:21:42Mr. Harris, very interested.
00:21:44Oh, really?
00:21:45Oh, Harris is the man for that.
00:21:46The greatest expert in England.
00:21:48Eh, Harris?
00:21:49Well, it hardly says that.
00:21:50As you're staying for the celebrations, we must have a long talk on insurance, eh?
00:21:54Staying?
00:21:55Well, I dare say I could fix you up with a few policies.
00:21:58I've been pressing Harris to stay, but unfortunately he has to go.
00:22:03Almost at once.
00:22:05Haven't you, Harris?
00:22:06Oh, no doubt I could cancel a couple of directors' meetings and put off the Bank of England, if you insist.
00:22:11Excellent, my dear fellow, excellent.
00:22:13There's going to be a wonderful party,
00:22:14and we shall need insurance advice on this business of ours, Prescott.
00:22:17I've brought the draft contract.
00:22:18May bow.
00:22:19May bow.
00:22:20May...
00:22:21Miss Minter.
00:22:28Yes, Mr. Ebrie?
00:22:30The, uh, the Prescott contract.
00:22:37And Daddy,
00:22:38oh, Mr. Ebrie, I mean,
00:22:40can I have a car for the weekend?
00:22:42Nose to the grindstone, eh?
00:22:44Of course, of course.
00:22:47I wouldn't mind having my nose on that grindstone.
00:22:49Eh, Prescott, old fellow?
00:22:50You old devil.
00:22:52So that's how you lost your hair.
00:22:54My hair? What about his, eh, Harris?
00:22:56I'd like to know a few of his tricks.
00:23:03Tea is served in the drawing room.
00:23:04Good, let's have a cup of tea.
00:23:06Yes, good idea.
00:23:07Oh, my dear Mrs. Prescott, very kind of you to have me on this happy occasion.
00:23:10So glad you could come.
00:23:11You go along, I'll follow.
00:23:15Yes, I think I'll stay after all, my men.
00:23:17You may get a room ready for me, will you?
00:23:19I prefer a southern exposure.
00:23:23You'll stop that new whistle and blow a cock.
00:23:30Ah, cook-wash.
00:23:33Cook-wash, cook-wash.
00:23:36If it's not one thing, it's the other.
00:23:38And I've got that turkey to pluck.
00:23:40That'll be four for dinner.
00:23:41What?
00:23:42That insurance person is staying now.
00:23:43What, him?
00:23:44And going to the party.
00:23:45I don't understand it.
00:23:46I don't understand anything that goes on in this house.
00:23:49I wish you'd take that hat off.
00:23:51It gets on my nerves.
00:23:52Not me, I can watch it up there.
00:23:53Yes, if a hot coal fell on it, you'd be underneath, remember.
00:23:56Ah, I'd smell it.
00:23:56You'd feel it.
00:23:58You've got something there, Edgar.
00:24:00I'll put it on the table where I can watch it.
00:24:02Mr. Harris comes to stay.
00:24:04With that?
00:24:05I wonder what he's going to wear tonight.
00:24:06Have a look.
00:24:07Shall we?
00:24:10Sporting life.
00:24:12Racing form.
00:24:14Packet of blank-toe tickets.
00:24:16Pen and ink.
00:24:17Ah, that explains it.
00:24:18He's going to the races tomorrow.
00:24:20One sock.
00:24:22With a hole in it.
00:24:24And a mousetrap.
00:24:25A mousetrap?
00:24:26What's he want that for?
00:24:28Oh, something made that hole in the sock.
00:24:30And you're mixing your hat up with the turkey.
00:24:32Oh!
00:24:34Me pair is mortal.
00:24:46Mr. Harris!
00:25:14Mr. Harris!
00:25:15He was surely sorry.
00:25:30Mr. Prescott did not stipulate my best suit, Mr. Harris.
00:25:36But, uh, it's quite fit.
00:25:38Fit? Huh.
00:25:40The boys would have a fit if they could see me in the old soup and fish.
00:25:43And doubtless many others, Mr. Harris.
00:25:48Oi! Put your trousers up.
00:25:56But I do feel...
00:25:58Pardon. Granted.
00:26:00Yes, I do feel...
00:26:02Yes, indeed, a very excellent dinner, eh, Harris?
00:26:04Oh, tapu, tapu.
00:26:08Not half.
00:26:09Excuse me, gentlemen, but Mr. Prescott suggests that you take port without him.
00:26:12Oh, he's a bit late cock.
00:26:14He'll be outside the front entrance with the car in five minutes.
00:26:16Oh, very thoughtful of him.
00:26:18Eh, Harris, very thoughtful.
00:26:19Yes.
00:26:26Obey the bay, old man.
00:26:28I'll have the details of that policy for you tomorrow.
00:26:31Excellent, my dear fellow, excellent.
00:26:33I'll give it my scrutiny.
00:26:35Eh?
00:26:35Excuse me, after you with the port, Harris.
00:26:38Oh, I'm most fearfully sorry.
00:26:43Would you care for a cigar, sir?
00:26:45Oh, thank you.
00:26:46Oh, no, I have one.
00:26:48Thank you, Harris.
00:27:00Oi! Jingle! A manifestation.
00:27:02I'm receiving like in my life.
00:27:04Oh.
00:27:05Brandy, gentlemen?
00:27:06Yes, yes, plenty of brandy.
00:27:13What's that?
00:27:14Oh.
00:27:22It wasn't it.
00:27:23I swear it.
00:27:24It was us.
00:27:25I hope you're right, old dear, old dear.
00:27:27Too much wallop, that's what it was.
00:27:28I really shouldn't take this.
00:27:29That's it.
00:27:30It was D.T.'s.
00:27:31Go on, kill or cure.
00:27:32But I've always heard that one saw snakes and not things turning.
00:27:35They'll come later.
00:27:36Oh, I don't like this at all.
00:27:38And I don't believe it was delirium tremens.
00:27:40You will when you see them in Technicolor.
00:27:42I prefer to trust my own eyes.
00:27:43I believe it was some, some malign spirit.
00:27:46Ha! That covers all standard brands.
00:27:48Go on, drink up.
00:27:50Daddy.
00:27:50Mummy's simply furious with you standing out here.
00:27:53All right, dear, we're coming.
00:27:54And Mrs. Cortley Fortescue's looking everywhere for you, Mr. Harris.
00:27:56Oh, good.
00:27:57Oh, well, you fellows go along.
00:27:58I'll be along later.
00:27:59No, you don't.
00:28:00Come on.
00:28:00No, no.
00:28:01We must show our brave face.
00:28:02It was a lovely speech, Mr. Ebrey.
00:28:04We were enthralled.
00:28:07Couple, sir?
00:28:08Darling?
00:28:09No.
00:28:10No, thank you.
00:28:13Joyce, darling.
00:28:13Mummy wants us back at the table.
00:28:15All right, darling, we'll come.
00:28:17Well, we'd better get back.
00:28:18Would you care to dance, Miss Prescott?
00:28:20Delighted, Mr. Ebrey.
00:28:21Miss Prescott.
00:28:28You ought to be ashamed of yourself, drinking at the bar all the evening.
00:28:31I'm sorry, my dear.
00:28:32I've been concerning Ebrey.
00:28:34The most extraordinary thing's happened to the port after dinner.
00:28:36What?
00:28:37I'm almost beginning to believe all your nonsense.
00:28:39Oh, dear.
00:28:39Sorry to be away so long, mummy.
00:28:41Oh, it's all right, darling.
00:28:41It's just the cabaret.
00:28:42I didn't want you to miss that.
00:28:43Where have you been, you naughty boy?
00:28:45You're going to have the next one with me.
00:28:47I'm going to have it now.
00:28:48Oh, it's a cast.
00:28:49Delighted.
00:28:50This is, you know, that brave face.
00:29:11January 1st is New Year's Day.
00:29:14April 1st is for fools.
00:29:17The 1st of September most kids remember as time to start thinking of schools.
00:29:24But today is more unique in every way.
00:29:28The most important you'll see.
00:29:32For this day sublime marks the end of time.
00:29:39And the start of eternity.
00:29:45Today is the first of forever.
00:29:53On true love's timeless shore.
00:30:01It's a bright and broom's day.
00:30:05From now till doomsday.
00:30:10From here.
00:30:12Thank heavens we're away from that crowd.
00:30:14Yes.
00:30:20How do you like our tune?
00:30:21I like it, darling.
00:30:22The first of forever.
00:30:24Yes, Bobby.
00:30:26It is forever, isn't it?
00:30:27Mm-hmm.
00:30:29Good Lord, I forgot.
00:30:30What?
00:30:32This.
00:30:34Darling, it's beautiful.
00:30:36Let me put it on.
00:30:38Officially.
00:30:42Now we really are engaged.
00:30:43We are.
00:30:45Good Lord, I forgot.
00:30:46What now?
00:30:47Nigel, you must back him tomorrow.
00:31:01Now, now, Mr. Harris.
00:31:03Yes.
00:31:08Ah, there you are, my boy.
00:31:10Well, do you like the ring, Joyce?
00:31:12Yes, it's beautiful.
00:31:13Father, can we be alone a moment, please?
00:31:16What?
00:31:17Oh, yes, yes, of course.
00:31:18Well, well.
00:31:19Go to it, my boy.
00:31:20Go to it.
00:31:28Impressions, sir?
00:31:30Just a moment.
00:31:31I have something to do.
00:32:00Darling.
00:32:03We really must go back.
00:32:05All right.
00:32:14Now, sir, I wonder, would you be so kind as to assist me in a little card trick?
00:32:18No, no, no.
00:32:20Oh, you, sir.
00:32:21That's right.
00:32:23Take a card.
00:32:24Any card you like.
00:32:25Oh, thank you.
00:32:28Take a card, sir.
00:32:29Any card you like.
00:32:30They're all prizes, no blanks.
00:32:31That one?
00:32:32That one.
00:32:33That's fine.
00:32:34Would you hold the card up, sir?
00:32:35Let everybody see it.
00:32:36Can you all see it?
00:32:37No.
00:32:38A little bit higher, sir.
00:32:41Can you see it now?
00:32:42No.
00:32:43I'm afraid you'll have to move out here, sir.
00:32:44Come on, Harris.
00:32:45Take a chance.
00:32:47Thank you, sir.
00:32:48Can you see it?
00:32:49Good in the kitchen, is it?
00:32:50No, no, no.
00:32:51Come this way, sir.
00:32:52That's right.
00:32:53He wouldn't get me up there.
00:32:54I think Harris is being what they call a stooge.
00:32:55Serve him right.
00:32:56But you don't know why.
00:32:58You're not taking me for a ride, are you?
00:32:59No, just lie down.
00:33:00All right.
00:33:01Well, I suppose it's all right.
00:33:02Fair enough.
00:33:03Here.
00:33:04If this is a coffin, I'm not ready yet.
00:33:05That's all right.
00:33:06Just relax.
00:33:07And now, ladies and gentlemen, my world-famous illusion,
00:33:08sawing the woman in half.
00:33:09Fair.
00:33:10I'm not a woman, you know.
00:33:11No, but you do equally as well, Mr. Harris.
00:33:12Just relax.
00:33:13Eh?
00:33:14Oh.
00:33:15Yes.
00:33:16And now for the saw.
00:33:17I would like to ask you, sir,
00:33:18if you would be so kind as to show us
00:33:19how you saw the woman in half.
00:33:20Yes, sir.
00:33:28I would like two volunteers to assist me in this experiment.
00:33:29And who better on this happy occasion than our two fathers,
00:33:30Mr. Prescott and Mr. Ebering.
00:33:31Well, if it's to saw Harris in half, I can't resist it.
00:33:32Come on, Ebering.
00:33:33Well, uh...
00:33:34Come on, Dad.
00:33:35Yes.
00:33:36Oh, yes, we do.
00:33:37All right.
00:33:38Yes.
00:33:39Yes.
00:33:40Yes.
00:33:41Yes.
00:33:42Yes.
00:33:43Yes.
00:33:44Yes.
00:33:45Yes.
00:33:46Yes.
00:33:47Yes.
00:33:48Yes.
00:33:49Yes.
00:33:50Yes.
00:33:51Yes.
00:33:52Yes.
00:33:53Yes.
00:33:54Yes.
00:33:55Yes.
00:33:56Yes.
00:33:57Yes.
00:33:58Yes.
00:33:59Yes.
00:34:00Yes.
00:34:01Tell me, Ebering, where do you keep the answers in your mind?
00:34:04Well, at the bottom of the sentence.
00:34:10Oh, poor Mr. Harris.
00:34:12Hi, that's me.
00:34:13It's Hardy.
00:34:14George, don't be silly.
00:34:15It's only a trick.
00:34:16Oh, Johnny will hope it is.
00:34:17Relax, dear sir.
00:34:18I've never made a mistake before.
00:34:19I knew I always take them flowers on Sunday.
00:34:20What about the blood?
00:34:21It's liable to stain the polished parquet.
00:34:22What blood?
00:34:23Yours.
00:34:24Feeling all right, Harris?
00:34:25No, I don't.
00:34:26Get the parquet and put it under Mr. Harris.
00:34:27He'll be all right.
00:34:28He'll be all right.
00:34:29He'll be all right.
00:34:30He'll be all right.
00:34:31He'll be all right.
00:34:32He'll be all right.
00:34:33He'll be all right.
00:34:34He'll be all right.
00:34:35He'll be all right.
00:34:36He'll be all right.
00:34:37He'll be all right.
00:34:38He'll be all right.
00:34:39He'll be all right.
00:34:40He'll be all right.
00:34:41He'll be all right.
00:34:42He'll be all right.
00:34:43Are you all right, Harris?
00:34:44No, I don't.
00:34:45Get the parquet and put it under Mr. Harris.
00:34:46Gentlemen, go on, sawing!
00:34:47Hello.
00:34:48Hello.
00:34:49Who are you?
00:34:50Oh, I'm part of the act, but I missed my train.
00:34:51Oh.
00:34:52What part?
00:34:53The feet.
00:34:54Oh.
00:34:55The feet.
00:34:56Yes, you see, when you go into the box,
00:34:57you should have bent your knees up to your chin
00:34:58to avoid a saw.
00:34:59I should have bent me knees?
00:35:00All right.
00:35:01Stop sawing.
00:35:02Gentlemen, the box is in half.
00:35:04That's it.
00:35:05through the hole and make them look like they're yours.
00:35:08See?
00:35:09But, but, but they are mine!
00:35:11I, I haven't bit anything!
00:35:13I, I, I!
00:35:15And now, ladies and gentlemen,
00:35:16we will draw the severed portions of Mr. Harris apart.
00:35:19Mr. Prescott, will you take that end?
00:35:21Mr. Ebrie, will you join me on this?
00:35:23Oh, certainly, with pleasure.
00:35:25This is most exciting.
00:35:26Now, are you all right?
00:35:27It ain't, um, an amazing trick, eh, Harris?
00:35:29You hope it's a trick?
00:35:31Eh?
00:35:32Looks very nasty to me.
00:35:34Go away, little man, and don't annoy me.
00:35:36Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:35:39Come along, Mr. Ebrie, you haven't finished yet, you know.
00:35:41Wait a moment, wait a moment.
00:35:42Steady does it.
00:35:43Steady does it.
00:35:44That's right, now wait.
00:35:45Now, to prove this is really Mr. Harris, watch.
00:35:48Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:35:50You ticklish, Harris?
00:35:51Oh, stop it!
00:35:52Ha, ha, ha, oh, stop it!
00:35:53Hey, hey, hey, there's been a terrible mistake!
00:35:55Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:35:57Go away.
00:36:00Oh, go away.
00:36:02Why the midget?
00:36:03Midget?
00:36:04Why, he's in this end.
00:36:05Oh, should be.
00:36:06Oh, yes, he is.
00:36:07Very clever.
00:36:08You see, Harris, they're not your feet, they're his.
00:36:10What do you mean, they're his?
00:36:11They're mine, I tell you.
00:36:12He's out here, he ought to be in there.
00:36:14Come on, let me out.
00:36:15Let me out of here.
00:36:16Oh, oh, Prescott, oh, calamity.
00:36:20Oh, thing upon thing.
00:36:23Brace up, fam, brace up.
00:36:24Prescott, come to my aid.
00:36:26Oh, you can't.
00:36:27Oh, oh, I feel totally inadequate.
00:36:32Well, perhaps not totally.
00:36:34Oh, too, oh, this is too, too much.
00:36:54Oh.
00:36:55Oh.
00:36:56Oh.
00:36:57Oh.
00:36:58Oh.
00:36:59Oh.
00:37:00Oh.
00:37:01Oh.
00:37:02Oh.
00:37:03Oh.
00:37:04Oh.
00:37:05Oh.
00:37:06Oh.
00:37:07Oh.
00:37:08Oh.
00:37:09Oh.
00:37:10Oh.
00:37:11Oh.
00:37:12Oh.
00:37:13Oh.
00:37:14Oh.
00:37:15Oh.
00:37:16Oh.
00:37:17Oh.
00:37:18Oh.
00:37:19Oh.
00:37:20Oh.
00:37:21Oh.
00:37:22Oh.
00:37:23Oh.
00:37:24Oh.
00:37:25Oh.
00:37:26Oh.
00:37:27Oh.
00:37:28Oh.
00:37:29Oh.
00:37:30Oh.
00:37:31Oh.
00:37:32Oh.
00:37:33Oh.
00:37:34Oh.
00:37:35Oh.
00:37:36Oh.
00:37:37Oh.
00:37:38Oh.
00:37:39Oh.
00:37:40Oh.
00:37:41Oh.
00:37:42Oh.
00:37:43Oh.
00:37:44Oh.
00:37:45Oh.
00:37:46Oh.
00:37:47Oh.
00:37:48Oh.
00:37:49Oh.
00:37:50Oh.
00:37:51Oh.
00:37:53Oh.
00:37:54Oh.
00:37:55Oh.
00:37:56Both ghosts.
00:37:57Not exactly that Mr. Ebee.
00:37:58I think we better tell him Prescott.
00:37:59I suppose so.
00:38:00Follow me to the door.
00:38:01Oh, surely I don't...
00:38:02Oh.
00:38:03Ah.
00:38:04Oh.
00:38:05Oh.
00:38:07What is it darling?
00:38:16What?
00:38:18So you're controlling him.
00:38:22Will that be all, sir?
00:38:27You can go to bed, Watson.
00:38:38I suppose I should thank you.
00:38:40And who considers me?
00:38:41Bottles move, things turn, curtains catch on fire, holes grow in rugs, hats burn.
00:38:46Mr. Prescott, I can't afford to be mixed up with this sort of thing.
00:38:49The scandal, the gossip, I have a position to maintain.
00:38:51Well, maintain it sitting down, and stop panicking.
00:38:55I'm not, and it's my house and my family.
00:38:57And I take good care they both remain exclusively yours, with no connection whatsoever with
00:39:01my son or myself.
00:39:02Wait a minute, Dad.
00:39:03Dad, you must give Mr. Prescott a chance to clear this up.
00:39:06We are leaving here immediately.
00:39:07By every moment, I feel...
00:39:08Remember the advertisements, the sales of Ebery's food.
00:39:11Think what you're going to lose, ma'am, if you act rashly.
00:39:14Mr. Spencer, nothing can happen for 48 hours after the curtain's burning, can it?
00:39:18Well...
00:39:19Come on, Dad.
00:39:20If Mr. Spencer assures me that nothing else can occur during my stay, go on, assure him.
00:39:25Well, I can assure you that...
00:39:27There you are, Ebery.
00:39:28You see, it's quite all right, Dad.
00:39:32Then against every instinct, I will remain.
00:39:34But if it's not cleared up in 48 hours, the marriage and our contract are finished.
00:39:39Come, Robert.
00:39:41Nice pickle.
00:39:43Well, anyway, thank goodness we'll have a quiet night.
00:39:47I didn't say it was under control.
00:39:49What?
00:39:51Here, I'm off.
00:39:52No, you don't.
00:39:53Think of Ebery's policy.
00:39:54He hasn't signed it yet.
00:39:55Eh?
00:39:56I don't want to look a fool.
00:39:57Yes, but I'm not...
00:39:58Wilfred, I'm worried about Audrey.
00:40:00Ah.
00:40:01Now, Mrs. Prescott, I'd like you to tell me about it.
00:40:08Now.
00:40:12I've seen her like this more than once.
00:40:14What do you mean?
00:40:15Hot, perspiring, turning.
00:40:18Asleep, yet not asleep.
00:40:21Now, it's difficult to explain, but...
00:40:24It's as if my Audrey isn't there at all.
00:40:27She seems...
00:40:29Possessed.
00:40:31I'm afraid it is Audrey, Mrs. Prescott.
00:40:34You see, a poltergeist is a loose, wild spirit
00:40:37that seeks to do mischievous, sometimes evil things.
00:40:40But that spirit needs the physical force of a living person
00:40:43to translate its will to action.
00:40:51He he he...
00:41:01He he he he...
00:41:05You.
00:41:09Are you here?
00:41:12Tell me, are you here?
00:41:14He he he...
00:41:17Ha ha ha ha...
00:41:18I can feel you, I can do what I want to do now, move it, go on, move it.
00:41:46Break it, go on, break it, break it.
00:41:59But what can you do for Audrey?
00:42:01We've got to do something.
00:42:02One can drive them out by strong wills, constant vigil and photography.
00:42:07Photography?
00:42:08Yes, they hate their actions being recorded.
00:42:11So we must aggravate that spirit until it unleashes all its fury.
00:42:15And undaunted, we shall stay, but it will go.
00:42:19Go on, where?
00:42:22Oh, into the being of some weak or feeble-minded person.
00:42:26Ah, aye.
00:42:27When do we do this?
00:42:29Tomorrow night.
00:42:30Goodbye till then.
00:42:32We'll do our best, Mrs. Prescott.
00:42:35Tomorrow night?
00:42:36Yeah, that's all jolly fine.
00:42:37What do I do tonight?
00:42:49Ah, good afternoon, Watson.
00:42:50Good afternoon.
00:42:51Careful of everything, careful, careful.
00:42:56Are you staying long, sir?
00:42:57As long as I'm wanted.
00:42:59And believe me, I am wanted.
00:43:02What the devil's all this?
00:43:04If you want to get rid of your trouble, you must allow me to go to work in my own way.
00:43:07Not so loud.
00:43:08We couldn't get Eberle to the races.
00:43:10He's got a hangover.
00:43:11Come with me.
00:43:13Put all that stuff in the morning room out of sight.
00:43:15Very good, sir.
00:43:22Now listen, Spencer.
00:43:23I don't care what tricks you get up to, as long as you don't upset that blasted fool Eberle.
00:43:27Tell him you've got everything under control.
00:43:29Tell him you're here for observation only.
00:43:31Tell him what the hell you're like, only make him happy.
00:43:33Don't you worry about him.
00:43:34Now, if you want some assistance, can I count on you?
00:43:37Well, I've got a dug gun, if that's any use.
00:43:39Oh, nothing so drastic as that will be necessary, I assure you.
00:43:41What about the other fella?
00:43:42Harris.
00:43:43That's a good idea.
00:43:47You rang, sir?
00:43:48I did not.
00:43:49Not a word about this to Mrs. Venning.
00:43:50Sir.
00:43:51Tell Harris I want a word with him.
00:43:52Very good, sir.
00:43:55This, this really isn't the right moment for business, Harris.
00:43:57I can't understand what I'm doing.
00:43:59That's what I thought.
00:44:00Now then.
00:44:01This ain't here.
00:44:02Here, you see.
00:44:03On the dotted lane.
00:44:04Oh, dear, oh, dear.
00:44:05I can see more spots than dots, I regret to say.
00:44:07However, I suppose...
00:44:08I beg your pardon.
00:44:09Go on, up it.
00:44:10This is my big moment.
00:44:11What?
00:44:12Mr. Prescott would like a word with you very urgently, Mr. Harris, in the study.
00:44:15Yes, yes, yes.
00:44:16You go along, Harris.
00:44:17I'll just shut my eyes and think it over.
00:44:27One of these days, I'll do you, son.
00:44:31Now, I don't want to disturb the normal running of the household in any way, Mr. Prescott.
00:44:34And Audrey and the staff must not know who I am or what we're going to do.
00:44:38That's understood.
00:44:40Ah, Harris.
00:44:41Spencer wants you to help him.
00:44:43Oh, he does, does he?
00:44:44Yes, if you'd be so kind, Mr. Harris.
00:44:45Oh, I shall be delighted.
00:44:46Now, I'm sure you're going to prove most valuable as an observer.
00:44:49In the past, I've been hampered by helpers who saw things that weren't there.
00:44:52Oh, yes?
00:44:53Yes, I remember one of my assistants who was hit on the head with a flying saucepan.
00:44:56Who was he, though?
00:44:57Yes, he swore he saw the hand that threw it.
00:44:59Oh, laughable.
00:45:00Oh, I shall die laughing.
00:45:01But you, Harris, are a solid, unimaginative sort of fellow with both feet on the ground.
00:45:04Yeah, go on, go on.
00:45:05Now, your testimony will be invaluable to the college.
00:45:09I don't want to do this for a tool, you know.
00:45:11I must be going a bit salty at the head.
00:45:13Here am I, a respectable insurance assessor,
00:45:15agreeing to sit up all night waiting for a flying saucepan to be on the head.
00:45:18I'm living with a barmy.
00:45:20Now, I wonder if I can persuade Watson to show me around the house.
00:45:23But what are you going to do?
00:45:24Well, I must find out where everyone's sleeping,
00:45:26because during the investigation, all the empty rooms must be sealed.
00:45:30Hey, wait a minute.
00:45:31What time are we having this pantomime?
00:45:33Tonight, when the others have gone to bed.
00:45:35We'll sit up and wait for things to happen.
00:45:37But there'll be three of us.
00:45:38I mean, we'll be sitting up together.
00:45:39Oh, yeah.
00:45:40I'll fix myself up on the landing,
00:45:42you can stay in here, Mr. Prescott,
00:45:43and you can settle down in the drawing room.
00:45:46Alone?
00:45:47Alone.
00:45:48Oh.
00:45:49Well, think again.
00:45:50Harris.
00:45:51Yes?
00:45:52Do you want me to blow the gaff too evilly?
00:45:53I see.
00:45:54Blackmail on top of arson.
00:45:55Whatever it is, you're helping.
00:46:00Yes.
00:46:10Audrey.
00:46:11She's home very early.
00:46:13I wonder...
00:46:14I think I'd have a word with her if I were you, Mrs. Prescott.
00:46:17Yes.
00:46:18Yes, I think I will.
00:46:20Oh, tea's in the drawing room, Wilfred.
00:46:23Thank you, dear.
00:46:34Audrey.
00:46:35Why are you home so early?
00:46:37Don't you feel well?
00:46:38I'm all right, Mummy.
00:46:40Well, what is it then?
00:46:42Mummy, I don't know why I do these awful things.
00:46:45What awful things, darling?
00:46:47Miss Hancock's coming to see you.
00:46:49Miss Hancock?
00:46:51She says she won't keep me at school any longer.
00:46:53Audrey, what have you done?
00:46:55Nothing, Mummy.
00:46:56She says I'm a bad influence.
00:46:58But I can't help it, Mummy.
00:47:00Can I?
00:47:03No, darling.
00:47:06I am a scientist, Mr. Ebrey,
00:47:08with a scientific approach to these problems.
00:47:11The child isn't abnormal,
00:47:12merely the unfortunate medium for a disturbing agency,
00:47:15which I propose in due course shifting elsewhere.
00:47:18Scientifically, of course.
00:47:19I jolly well hope so, although...
00:47:21Miss Hancock is in the study, sir.
00:47:23That woman.
00:47:25Excuse me, Ebrey.
00:47:27So, nothing whatsoever is likely to happen tonight?
00:47:30Not a thing, if I can help it.
00:47:31I am here purely to observe, Mr. Ebrey.
00:47:35More tea?
00:47:36No, no, I thank you.
00:47:41Good afternoon.
00:47:42Mr. Prescott, I've come to ask you
00:47:44to remove your daughter from my establishment.
00:47:46Audrey?
00:47:47What's she been up to?
00:47:48She's a bad influence, Mr. Prescott.
00:47:50And stories she's got about, preposterous stories.
00:47:53I don't believe them myself.
00:47:55But the girls have been talking,
00:47:56and parents are complaining, and...
00:48:02Oh!
00:48:05Audrey's been telling me.
00:48:08Wilfred!
00:48:09Whatever are you doing?
00:48:11Don't be a fool.
00:48:12Look at those flowers.
00:48:14Oh!
00:48:25Packing again?
00:48:27First train in the morning to my sister's, if I'm spared.
00:48:30You'll be spared, I regret to say.
00:48:33Have you seen the mechanicalizations he's brought?
00:48:35There'll be no sleep in this house tonight.
00:48:44Really, gentlemen, this is absurd.
00:48:46Come on, come on.
00:48:47But I tell you, I feel remarkably wakeful.
00:48:49The sun before the storm, don't risk it.
00:48:51Bed's the best for you.
00:48:52You're looking very tired.
00:48:53Yeah, not at all well.
00:48:54I feel perfectly fit, thank you.
00:48:56Well, he doesn't look it, does he?
00:48:57No, he doesn't.
00:48:58Really, gentlemen, this is absurd.
00:48:59I don't want to go to bed.
00:49:00I'd much rather sit up and listen to some jolly chamber music.
00:49:03Well, you can do that in there, old man.
00:49:05Oh, very well, if you insist.
00:49:07Good night.
00:49:08Good night.
00:49:09Good night.
00:49:10Good night.
00:49:11Good night.
00:49:12Good night.
00:49:15Good night.
00:49:17Well, now that we got rid of him, we can get started.
00:49:21Yes.
00:49:27Mechanicalizations.
00:49:29All thinking we're barmy.
00:49:34Put upon it one thing I won't be.
00:49:43Ah, Mr. Harris, I have a few sandwiches for you.
00:49:46Forgive or forget, eh?
00:49:47Exactly, sir.
00:49:48I cut the breast of a chicken, the pure white meat,
00:49:50and left it with a whiskey for Mr. Prescott,
00:49:52and I thought perhaps...
00:49:53Chicken?
00:49:54I'm rather partial to a bit of chicken.
00:49:56Unfortunately, however, there was insufficient chicken.
00:49:58Ah, well, as long as you've got something nice instead,
00:50:00a bit of partridge, perhaps.
00:50:01No, sir.
00:50:02Corned beef.
00:50:04Corned beef?
00:50:06And beer?
00:50:07And beer.
00:50:08And beer.
00:50:09And beer.
00:50:10And beer.
00:50:11And beer.
00:50:12I suppose the whiskey'll run out, too.
00:50:14Yes, sir.
00:50:15But I always say half a loaf is better than none.
00:50:18Empty cans make most row.
00:50:19Every cloud has a silver lining, sir.
00:50:21Little pitches have big ears.
00:50:22Go on, your turn.
00:50:25May I wish you a very good night, sir?
00:50:27I'll bet you do.
00:50:31And I do hope you exorcise the spirit satisfactorily.
00:50:34Well, I thought I got enough exercise
00:50:35skipping about the house all night long.
00:50:38Exorcise.
00:50:39To cast out.
00:50:40Not exercise, Harris.
00:50:42Oh.
00:50:44What happens now?
00:50:46Well, first of all, I want to get you settled.
00:50:48Oh, I don't mind settling, old man.
00:50:50It's these butterflies in here that won't make up their minds.
00:50:53Keep flitting from flower to flower.
00:50:55Talk about flitting.
00:50:58What's all this for?
00:51:00Oh, I only use that if things become dangerous.
00:51:02It contains a special mixture
00:51:04which is sprayed here and there,
00:51:05sometimes has a quieting effect.
00:51:07Oh, you mean it might come in handy, perhaps.
00:51:09No, you don't.
00:51:10Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:51:11You don't want to be parsimonious about it, old man.
00:51:13I mean, that's the only armament I shall have.
00:51:15Well, don't use it indiscriminately.
00:51:17Only in self-defense.
00:51:18Then I shoot to kill.
00:51:19Well, let's seal up and then I can leave you.
00:51:21What do you want to seal up now?
00:51:22Oh, certain empty rooms and cupboards.
00:51:24There's just a chance that something else might join in.
00:51:26What, another?
00:51:27Isn't one enough?
00:51:28All right, give us a bit of sticky.
00:51:30I'll do the cupboard.
00:51:31Look inside while you're about it.
00:51:33Nothing in there, is there?
00:51:34Well, you never know with these old houses.
00:51:37Come on.
00:51:39Come on.
00:51:45Now, come along.
00:52:09Harris.
00:52:16Harris.
00:52:36Harris.
00:52:38Harris, did you hear that?
00:52:39Of course I heard it.
00:52:40I'm doing it.
00:52:41Come on.
00:52:42Let me out.
00:52:43Come on.
00:52:44What are you doing, old man?
00:52:45Don't let me stay here all night.
00:52:46Come on.
00:52:47Let me out.
00:52:48Come on.
00:52:49Come on.
00:52:50Let me out.
00:52:51Go on.
00:52:52What the blazes do you think you're doing?
00:52:53Well, this is the door, Kim.
00:52:54Off the anvil.
00:52:55Oh, for goodness sake, seal the door and let's get settled.
00:52:57Now, come on, Prescott.
00:53:03I...
00:53:04I can't get any wet.
00:53:07Come on.
00:53:33There.
00:53:34Now you won't doze off.
00:53:37Tie the other end to Harris' wrist and take a second string from the middle up to my station on the stairs.
00:53:42Well, it seems a lot of rot, but I suppose you know what you're doing.
00:53:48Now, where are you going to sit?
00:53:49Oh, I think I'll just walk up and down all night.
00:53:51I shouldn't do that.
00:53:53I'd sit there if I were you.
00:53:58What's the string for?
00:53:59Signal line.
00:54:00Now, if anything happens, I'll give you one long, steady pull.
00:54:04One long pull.
00:54:05Got that?
00:54:07One long pull.
00:54:13Yes.
00:54:22What's that?
00:54:23That's a kind of thermometer.
00:54:24There's usually a sudden drop in temperature before any phenomena occur.
00:54:27Oh, do you think I'll need my coat?
00:54:28Oh, good luck, good hunting.
00:54:30Hope not.
00:54:31And not a sound.
00:54:32Hope not.
00:54:33Don't doze off.
00:54:34Hope so.
00:54:36There it is.
00:55:07What's that?
00:55:09Harris!
00:55:20Silly fool.
00:55:22What do you think he's playing at?
00:55:23I forgot to tell you.
00:55:24I may need your help upstairs.
00:55:26Oh, I don't care what you forgot.
00:55:27Well, come out in the open like a human being.
00:55:29Don't go sticking me in the dark.
00:55:30Now, Harris, remember, you're a pioneer investigator.
00:55:33You'll be known as the man who pointed the way.
00:55:35You're the basket that's pointing the way.
00:55:37And it's up them perishy stairs.
00:55:39And I'm not going.
00:55:40I'm staying here.
00:55:41Oh, very well.
00:55:42Now, remember, when I'm in position,
00:55:44I'll give you three sharp pulls like this.
00:55:46One, two, three.
00:55:49And you'll reply.
00:55:52Well, go on.
00:55:56Now I'll know you're alert and noting all that happens.
00:55:59Not off.
00:56:00Have you got everything you want?
00:56:02I've got my thermos and some cold turkey.
00:56:04I've got a screw top and some corned beef.
00:56:06And the only thing I haven't got is an appetite.
00:56:09Oh, here's a torch for you.
00:56:11What's that for?
00:56:12Well, a sea wheel, of course.
00:56:14There.
00:56:15I'm not opening the lights out, you know.
00:56:17Oh, yes, you are.
00:56:18Oh, no, I'm not.
00:56:19I'm going to get stubborn about this, I can tell you.
00:56:21I mean, corned beef and the lights out is a bit too bloomin' much.
00:56:24Are you sure?
00:56:25Yes.
00:56:26I'll give the squire a shilling in the morning for the meter.
00:56:28And cheap at the price.
00:56:30Oh, very well.
00:56:33I see you don't miss anything.
00:56:36Me?
00:56:37I've got eyes like a larynx.
00:56:56Oh.
00:57:27Oh.
00:57:39Boo!
00:57:56Hey!
00:57:57Go away!
00:57:58Go away!
00:57:59Basket!
00:58:00What are you doing?
00:58:01What are you doing?
00:58:02Stop, you fool!
00:58:03Watch out!
00:58:04You'll spoil everything!
00:58:05One more squirt out of you and I'll fetch my jack-jack!
00:58:08Oh, I don't exactly know.
00:58:11Will you please take your places?
00:58:13You've no business to be walking around.
00:58:15The temperature's falling.
00:58:17It's getting cold.
00:58:18It's getting cold.
00:58:19It's getting cold.
00:58:20It's getting cold.
00:58:21It's getting cold.
00:58:22It's getting cold.
00:58:23It's getting cold.
00:58:24It's getting cold.
00:58:25The temperature's falling.
00:58:26Anything can happen now.
00:58:30Oh.
00:58:55Yes.
00:59:25Dirt!
00:59:55Dirt!
01:00:25Boo!
01:00:26Shush, shush, shush.
01:00:28Shush, shush.
01:00:55♪
01:01:21Oh!
01:01:24♪
01:01:27Pspsps.
01:01:38Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump,
01:01:42thump, thump, thump, thump, pspsps.
01:01:47Oh.
01:01:48Shh.
01:01:49Shh.
01:01:50Shh.
01:01:51Shh.
01:01:52Shh.
01:01:53Shh.
01:01:54Shh.
01:01:55Shh.
01:01:56Shh.
01:01:57Shh.
01:01:58Shh.
01:01:59Shh.
01:02:00Shh.
01:02:01Shh.
01:02:02Shh.
01:02:03Shh.
01:02:04Shh.
01:02:05Shh.
01:02:06Shh.
01:02:07Shh.
01:02:08Shh.
01:02:09Shh.
01:02:10Shh.
01:02:11Shh.
01:02:12Shh.
01:02:13Shh.
01:02:14Shh.
01:02:15Shh.
01:02:16Shh.
01:02:17Shh.
01:02:18Shh.
01:02:19Shh.
01:02:20Shh.
01:02:21Shh.
01:02:22Shh.
01:02:23Shh.
01:02:24Shh.
01:02:25Shh.
01:02:26Shh.
01:02:27Shh.
01:02:28Shh.
01:02:29Shh.
01:02:30Shh.
01:02:31Shh.
01:02:32Shh.
01:02:33Shh.
01:02:34Shh.
01:02:35Shh.
01:02:36Shh.
01:02:37Shh.
01:02:38Shh.
01:02:39Shh.
01:02:40Shh.
01:02:41Shh.
01:02:42Shh.
01:02:43Shh.
01:02:44Shh.
01:02:45Shh.
01:02:46Shh.
01:02:47Shh.
01:02:48Shh.
01:02:49Shh.
01:02:50Shh.
01:02:51Shh.
01:02:52Shh.
01:02:53Shh.
01:02:54Shh.
01:02:55Shh.
01:02:56Shh.
01:02:57Shh.
01:02:58Shh.
01:02:59Shh.
01:03:00Shh.
01:03:01Shh.
01:03:02Shh.
01:03:03Shh.
01:03:04Shh.
01:03:05Shh.
01:03:06Shh.
01:03:07Shh.
01:03:08Shh.
01:03:09Shh.
01:03:10Shh.
01:03:11Shh.
01:03:12Shh.
01:03:13Shh.
01:03:15Where is it?
01:03:19Where do you think you're going?
01:03:35That's better.
01:03:36What on earth's the idea of that?
01:03:38Oh, look here, old man.
01:03:39We all have our fads and fences.
01:03:41I feel better with it on, that's all.
01:03:43I mean, I've heard this said a long time.
01:03:45And it's got a nice home, you feel, about it.
01:03:46Well, in that case, you'd better go first.
01:03:48Eh?
01:03:49Oh.
01:03:51Oh.
01:03:57Careful with that thing.
01:03:59Oh.
01:04:13Oh.
01:04:35Psst.
01:04:36Don't be silly.
01:04:37I've only had beer.
01:04:43Quiet.
01:04:44Quiet.
01:04:51Look.
01:04:52Look at that.
01:04:53Hello.
01:04:54Did you think it was burglars?
01:04:55This window was stuck.
01:04:56Confounded nuisance.
01:04:57I've managed it now, thank you.
01:04:58Nothing I can do.
01:04:59Well, good night.
01:05:00Good night.
01:05:01Most disappointing.
01:05:02I'll be all right now, thank you.
01:05:04Oh, come on.
01:05:05Back to your stations.
01:05:13Oh, come on.
01:05:15Oh, come on.
01:05:29Take me away from here.
01:05:30Don't tell anybody there.
01:05:32I'll do it and let the whole world know.
01:05:33Oh, come on.
01:05:35Yes.
01:05:36Oh, I'll, yes, I'll control it.
01:05:37You don't.
01:05:38Please, you do it.
01:05:40You know it's dangerous.
01:05:41Keep that lying there.
01:06:12Shhh.
01:06:13Shhh.
01:06:14Shhh.
01:06:15Shhh.
01:06:16Shhh.
01:06:17Shhh.
01:06:18Shhh.
01:06:19Shhh.
01:06:20Shhh.
01:06:21Shhh.
01:06:22Shhh.
01:06:23Shhh.
01:06:24Shhh.
01:06:25Shhh.
01:06:26Shhh.
01:06:27Shhh.
01:06:28Shhh.
01:06:29Shhh.
01:06:30Shhh.
01:06:31Shhh.
01:06:32Shhh.
01:06:33Shhh.
01:06:34Shhh.
01:06:35Shhh.
01:06:36Shhh.
01:06:37Shhh.
01:06:38Shhh.
01:06:39Shhh.
01:06:40Shhh.
01:06:41Shhh.
01:06:42Shhh.
01:06:43Shhh.
01:06:44Shhh.
01:06:45Shhh.
01:06:46Shhh.
01:06:47Shhh.
01:06:48Shhh.
01:06:49Shhh.
01:06:50Shhh.
01:06:51Shhh.
01:06:52Shhh.
01:06:53Shhh.
01:06:54Shhh.
01:06:55Shhh.
01:06:56Shhh.
01:06:57Shhh.
01:06:58Shhh.
01:06:59Shhh.
01:07:00Shhh.
01:07:01Shhh.
01:07:02Shhh.
01:07:03Shhh.
01:07:04Shhh.
01:07:05Shhh.
01:07:06Shhh.
01:07:07Shhh.
01:07:08Shhh.
01:07:09Shhh.
01:07:10Shhh.
01:07:11Shhh.
01:07:12Shhh.
01:07:13Shhh.
01:07:14Shhh.
01:07:15Shhh.
01:07:16Yup.
01:07:17Say, Apparel's got to join in, is he?
01:07:48Carl!
01:08:09Oh, God! Oh, God!
01:08:17I don't see her, though. I might get a picture.
01:08:21Oh!
01:08:46Got it! Got it! Got it!
01:08:49Oh, God! Oh!
01:08:56Hello. It's empty.
01:09:00Now what am I going to do?
01:09:03Oh, well, perhaps I'll settle down by now.
01:09:19Ha! Ha! Ha!
01:09:32Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
01:09:49Ha! Ha! Ha!
01:10:19Oh!
01:10:33Oh!
01:10:40Oh!
01:10:49Oh!
01:11:10By Jove, that did it!
01:11:12Not a bad bag, eh?
01:11:14Not for you, it wasn't.
01:11:15They can't face number four shot in the hands of an expert.
01:11:20Oh. Do you think so?
01:11:24Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'm sure of it.
01:11:27Well, good luck to you.
01:11:29And jolly good luck to you, too.
01:11:34Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
01:11:45Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
01:11:56Hmm.
01:12:15Hmm.
01:12:46Don't! It's evil!
01:13:03Blimey!
01:13:16Oh!
01:13:30Hello, Mr. Harris.
01:13:32Oh, it's you, is it?
01:13:33Yes.
01:13:34You're frightened of me, aren't you?
01:13:36You're afraid I'll do something to you like I did to Bobby.
01:13:39Frightened? Out of what I've been through tonight?
01:13:41No, I'm not frightened of you or your blimey spirit.
01:13:45Sit down.
01:13:46Go on, sit down.
01:13:49Now, listen to me.
01:13:50You're not a bad kid at heart, but you got yourself into bad company somehow.
01:13:54And it's made you feel different from the others, hasn't it?
01:13:56I didn't ask to feel different, Mr. Harris.
01:13:58No, of course you didn't.
01:13:59Now then, you sit there and undo what you've done.
01:14:02Then you believe I can.
01:14:05He'll come back if I start thinking about him.
01:14:09He never really leaves me.
01:14:12But if he knew where to go, he'd go, I'm sure of it.
01:14:15I could tell him.
01:14:16Now, come on.
01:14:17Now, say that you don't want anything to happen again like this.
01:14:19I don't have to say anything.
01:14:22I just think.
01:14:24Well, go on then, think.
01:14:30What was that?
01:14:31Was that him?
01:14:35Now, look here.
01:14:36I've had just about enough of you, whatever you are.
01:14:38I mean, fun's fun, but we can't laugh all night.
01:14:40Why don't you leave the kid alone, eh?
01:14:42I mean, you're making a problem in life, what you are.
01:14:44Are you listening to what I'm saying?
01:14:47Oh, well, give the kid a break, see?
01:14:49Pick on someone else for a change.
01:14:51Do you hear me?
01:14:52Now, go on, buzz off.
01:14:53The moose.
01:14:54Scarper.
01:14:55Go on, let your go.
01:14:56I've had enough of you.
01:14:57Go on, go down to the village somewhere.
01:14:59They'll love to have you here.
01:15:00Don't forget your hat.
01:15:05Mr. Harris.
01:15:07Mr. Harris, he's gone.
01:15:09He's gone.
01:15:10Yes, I know.
01:15:11I've done it, Swampy Bob, I've done it.
01:15:13Come on, let's draw the curtains.
01:15:14It's daylight.
01:15:19What a night, but it's all over now.
01:15:21It's all over now.
01:15:23What are you doing down here?
01:15:25Who's gone, darling?
01:15:26You know, the panty guys.
01:15:28Mr. Harris sent him away.
01:15:29Mr. Harris?
01:15:30Yes, you don't have to worry anymore.
01:15:31He's gone for good.
01:15:32Oh, thank heaven.
01:15:33And what's more, I did it.
01:15:35He did it?
01:15:36I did it.
01:15:37I've got it, I've got it.
01:15:38What do you mean, you did it?
01:15:39I did it.
01:15:40But it's gone.
01:15:41There you are, Mr. Prescott.
01:15:42What did I tell you?
01:15:43Nonsense.
01:15:44I did it.
01:15:45Who did what?
01:15:46As I told you, Mr. Ebrie, I've got rid of it.
01:15:48Splendid, splendid.
01:15:49I'm so glad, Prescott.
01:15:50You got rid of it?
01:15:51What do you mean?
01:15:52I got rid of it.
01:15:53You?
01:15:54Yes, me.
01:15:55Remarkable of my dear Ebrie, wasn't it?
01:15:56I just talked her away.
01:15:57Nothing of the kind.
01:15:58I did it.
01:15:59Well, you already talked her, but you don't believe me when I did it.
01:16:01You've only got to ask your own daughter.
01:16:03Why, she was here with me a minute ago when we did it.
01:16:05That's right, Harris.
01:16:06You did it.
01:16:07Yes, Harris, you did it.
01:16:08Well, I'm glad you realize it.
01:16:09Oh, yes, old man, you did it.
01:16:10Yes.
01:16:11Yes.
01:16:12Give credit where credit is due.
01:16:13Yes, you did it, Harris.
01:16:16Your case, Mr. Harris.
01:16:17What are you looking at?
01:16:19What are you laughing at?
01:16:22What's the case?
01:16:26God blimey, now I've got it!
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