The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

1966
1h 30m
6.7

6.7/10

98 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Family Mystery Romance

"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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $700,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English Spanish

Keywords

newspaper haunted house organ trial slapstick comedy secret door courtroom organ music

Quick Facts

Release Date January 20, 1966
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0059221

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

Lurene Tuttle
Lurene Tuttle

Mrs. Natalie Miller

Philip Ober
Philip Ober

Nicholas Simmons

Harry Hickox
Harry Hickox

Police Chief Art Fuller

Charles Lane
Charles Lane

Whitlow

Jesslyn Fax
Jesslyn Fax

Mrs. Hutchinson

Nydia Westman
Nydia Westman

Mrs. Cobb

Key Crew

Alan Rafkin
Director
James Fritzell
Screenplay
Everett Greenbaum
Screenplay
Edward Montagne
Producer