The Ghost & Mr. Chicken (1966)

01/20/1966 (US) • 1h 30m

Comedy, Family, Mystery, Romance, Horror

G-G-GUARANTEED! YOU'LL BE SCARED UNTIL YOU LAUGH YOURSELF SILLY!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Don Knotts

Luther Heggs

Joan Staley

Alma Parker

Dick Sargent

George Beckett

Skip Homeier

Ollie Weaver

Reta Shaw

Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell

Lurene Tuttle

Mrs. Natalie Miller

Philip Ober

Nicholas Simmons

Harry Hickox

Police Chief Art Fuller


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$700,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

newspaper

haunted house

organ

trial

slapstick comedy

secret door

courtroom

organ music

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