The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

1966

90 min

6.7

Ends at

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.

Budget

$700,000

Genre

Comedy, Family, Mystery, Romance

Director

Alan Rafkin

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Don Knotts

Joan Staley

Liam Redmond

Dick Sargent

Skip Homeier

Reta Shaw

Lurene Tuttle

Philip Ober

Harry Hickox

Charles Lane

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The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

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.

  • Don Knotts

  • Joan Staley

  • Liam Redmond

  • Dick Sargent

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