The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

1966

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.

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

Rating

6.7
95 votes

Popularity

0.754

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

Universal Pictures

Runtime

90 min.

Status

Released

Release: 1/20/1966

Credits

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

Alan RafkinDirector

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

Don KnottsLuther Heggs

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

Joan StaleyAlma Parker

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

Liam RedmondKelsey

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

Dick SargentGeorge Beckett

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Reviews

moard

11/20/2023

/ 10

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

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