The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)

★ 6.7 1h 30m 102 votes IMDb
Comedy Romance Mystery Family
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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.

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

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Cast

Don Knotts
Don Knotts as Luther Heggs Died 2006 · Morgantown, West Virgina, USA Don Knotts (born Jesse Donald Knotts; July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show and Ralph Furley on Three's...
Joan Staley
Joan Staley as Alma Parker Died 2019 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Lovely Joan Staley was born Joan McConchie on May 20, 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and started taking violin lessons by the time she was three years old. Living in Los Angeles, her prodigious talent...
Liam Redmond
Liam Redmond as Kelsey Died 1989 · Limerick, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]
Dick Sargent
Dick Sargent as George Beckett Died 1994 · Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA Dick Sargent (April 19, 1930 – July 8, 1994) was an American actor, notable as the second actor to portray Darrin Stephens on the 1960s TV series Bewitched..
Skip Homeier
Skip Homeier as Ollie Weaver Died 2017 · Chicago, Illinois, USA Skip Homeier (October 5, 1930 – June 25, 2017, born George Vincent Homeier) was an American actor who started his career at the age of eleven and became a child star. Homeier worked frequently throug...
Reta Shaw
Reta Shaw as Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell Died 1982 Reta Shaw (1912–1982) is an American actress best known for The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and Mary Poppins (1964)..
Director Alan Rafkin
Cast Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, Dick Sargent, Skip Homeier, Reta Shaw, Lurene Tuttle, Philip Ober, Harry Hickox, Charles Lane

Audience Reviews

moard Nov 20, 2023
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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