The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches 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 endures a sequence of supernatural encounters and writes a front-page feature that elevates him to hometown hero... until the nephew of the deceased sues him for libel.

Director(s)

Alan Rafkin

Cast & Crew

George Chandler

Judge Harley Nast

Don Knotts

Luther Heggs

Walter Bacon

Man at Picnic

Hal Smith

Calver Weems

Jesslyn Fax

Mrs. Hutchinson

Robert Cornthwaite

Springer

Ellen Corby

Neva Tremaine

Joan Staley

Alma Parker

Al Checco

Gaylord Patie

Eddie Quillan

Elevator Operator

Lurene Tuttle

Mrs. Natalie Miller

Lovyss Bradley

Burt Mustin

Mr. Deligondo

Charles Lane

Whitlow

Sandra Gould

Loretta Pine

Jim Boles

Billy Ray Fox

Reta Shaw

Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell

Liam Redmond

Kelsey

J. Edward McKinley

Mayor Carlyle Preston

Dick Sargent

George Beckett

Skip Homeier

Ollie Weaver

Philip Ober

Nicholas Simmons

Harry Hickox

Police Chief Art Fuller

Nydia Westman

Mrs. Cobb

James Millhollin

Mr. Maxwell

Hope Summers

Susanna Blush

Everett Greenbaum

Ruth Thom

Occult Clubwoman (uncredited)

Alan Rafkin

Details

GenresComedy, Family, Mystery, Romance

Runtime1h 30 mins

Released on20 Jan 1966

Languageen

Produced InUnited States of America

Reviews

moard

/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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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966 TV trailer

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