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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Jan 20, 1966

1h 30m

★ 6.8

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.

Genres

Comedy

Family

Mystery

Romance

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Cast

Don Knotts

Luther Heggs

Don Knotts

Joan Staley

Alma Parker

Joan Staley

Liam Redmond

Kelsey

Liam Redmond

Dick Sargent

George Beckett

Dick Sargent

Skip Homeier

Ollie Weaver

Skip Homeier

Reta Shaw

Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell

Reta Shaw

Lurene Tuttle

Mrs. Natalie Miller

Lurene Tuttle

Philip Ober

Nicholas Simmons

Philip Ober

Harry Hickox

Police Chief Art Fuller

Harry Hickox

Charles Lane

Whitlow

Charles Lane

Jesslyn Fax

Mrs. Hutchinson

Jesslyn Fax

Nydia Westman

Mrs. Cobb

Nydia Westman

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