

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966 · Movie · 1h 30m · G
ComedyFamilyMysteryRomance
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Key crew
- Alan RafkinDirector
- Everett GreenbaumScreenplay
- James FritzellScreenplay
- Vic MizzyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Don KnottsLuther Heggs
- Joan StaleyAlma Parker
- Liam RedmondKelsey
- Dick SargentGeorge Beckett
- Skip HomeierOllie Weaver
- Reta ShawMrs. Halcyon Maxwell
- Lurene TuttleMrs. Natalie Miller
- Philip OberNicholas Simmons
- Harry HickoxPolice Chief Art Fuller
- Charles LaneWhitlow
- Jesslyn FaxMrs. Hutchinson
- Nydia WestmanMrs. Cobb
Stills
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Themes
newspaperhaunted houseorgantrialslapstick comedysecret doorcourtroomorgan music























