The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
1966
★★★☆☆ 6.7/10
⏱️ 90 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
ComedyFamilyMysteryRomanceHorror
Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of supernatural encounters and writes a front page story that makes him a hometown hero...until the nephew of the deceased sues him for libel.

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Cast

Don Knotts
Don Knotts
Luther Heggs
Joan Staley
Joan Staley
Alma Parker
Liam Redmond
Liam Redmond
Kelsey
Dick Sargent
Dick Sargent
George Beckett
Skip Homeier
Skip Homeier
Ollie Weaver
Reta Shaw
Reta Shaw
Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell

User Reviews

moard
November 20, 2023
Classic, cannot be replicated This Don Knotts vehicle made immediately after his days on the Andy Griffith show ended has now become a classic. Knotts’ plays the nervous typesetter who spends the night in a haunted mansion. He eventually wins the beautiful girl and solves a murder mystery, completely by accident of course. 9-10

Crew

Director
Alan Rafkin
Writer
James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Producer
Edward Montagne

Production

Universal Pictures

Keywords

newspaperhaunted houseorgantrialslapstick comedysecret doorcourtroomorgan music