The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken (1966)

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

  • Genre: Comedy, Family, Mystery, Romance
  • Release Date: 1966-01-20
  • User Rating: 6.7/10 from 93 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Universal Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Alan Rafkin
star 6.7/10
From 93 Ratings

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Summary

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.

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  • Don Knotts

    as Luther Heggs
  • Joan Staley

    as Alma Parker
  • Liam Redmond

    as Kelsey
  • Dick Sargent

    as George Beckett
  • Skip Homeier

    as Ollie Weaver
  • Reta Shaw

    as Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell
  • Lurene Tuttle

    as Mrs. Natalie Miller
  • Philip Ober

    as Nicholas Simmons
  • Harry Hickox

    as Police Chief Art Fuller
  • Charles Lane

    as Whitlow
  • Jesslyn Fax

    as Mrs. Hutchinson
  • Nydia Westman

    as Mrs. Cobb
  • James Millhollin

    as Mr. Maxwell
  • George Chandler

    as Judge Harley Nast
  • Robert Cornthwaite

    as Springer
  • Ellen Corby

    as Neva Tremaine
  • Sandra Gould

    as Loretta Pine
  • Eddie Quillan

    as Elevator Operator
  • Burt Mustin

    as Mr. Deligondo
  • Hope Summers

    as Susanna Blush
  • Hal Smith

    as Calver Weems
  • Al Checco

    as Gaylord Patie
  • J. Edward McKinley

    as Mayor Carlyle Preston
  • Everett Greenbaum

    as Man Saying 'Attaboy Luther' (voice)
  • Jim Boles

    as Billy Ray Fox
  • Lovyss Bradley

    as
  • Ruth Thom

    as Occult Clubwoman (uncredited)
Directing Alan Rafkin Director
Writing James Fritzell Screenplay
Writing Everett Greenbaum Screenplay
Production Edward Montagne Producer
Sound Vic Mizzy Original Music Composer
Camera William Margulies Director of Photography
Editing Sam E. Waxman Editor
Art Alexander Golitzen Art Direction
Art George C. Webb Art Direction
Art Oliver Emert Set Decoration
Art John McCarthy Jr. Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Rosemary Odell Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Larry Germain Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Bud Westmore Makeup Artist