The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
“G-G-GUARANTEED! YOU'LL BE SCARED UNTIL YOU LAUGH YOURSELF SILLY!”
1966•G•1h 30m•6.8•Released
ComedyFamilyMysteryRomance
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.
Director
Alan Rafkin
Writer
Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell
Budget
$1M
Languages
English, Spanish
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Don Knotts
Luther Heggs
Joan Staley
Alma Parker
Liam Redmond
Kelsey
Dick Sargent
George Beckett
Skip Homeier
Ollie Weaver
Reta Shaw
Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell
Lurene Tuttle
Mrs. Natalie Miller
Philip Ober
Nicholas Simmons
Harry Hickox
Police Chief Art Fuller
Charles Lane
Whitlow
Jesslyn Fax
Mrs. Hutchinson
Nydia Westman
Mrs. Cobb
James Millhollin
Mr. Maxwell
George Chandler
Judge Harley Nast
Robert Cornthwaite
Springer
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Producer
Edward Montagne
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