CinemaOSMovie · 1966 · 1h 30m · G
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

G-G-GUARANTEED! YOU'LL BE SCARED UNTIL YOU LAUGH YOURSELF SILLY!

67%(107)IMDbComedyFamilyMysteryRomance

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.

Directed byAlan Rafkin

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
EN
Released
January 20, 1966
Budget
$700,000
Studios
Universal Pictures

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Trailers & teasers

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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966 TV trailer

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966 TV trailer

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Don Knotts

Don Knotts

Luther Heggs

Joan Staley

Joan Staley

Alma Parker

Liam Redmond

Liam Redmond

Kelsey

Dick Sargent

Dick Sargent

George Beckett

Skip Homeier

Skip Homeier

Ollie Weaver

Reta Shaw

Reta Shaw

Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell

Lurene Tuttle

Lurene Tuttle

Mrs. Natalie Miller

Philip Ober

Philip Ober

Nicholas Simmons

Harry Hickox

Harry Hickox

Police Chief Art Fuller

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Whitlow

Creative team
Directed by
Alan Rafkin
Alan Rafkin
Written by
Everett Greenbaum
James Fritzell
Produced by
Edward Montagne

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