The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

Release Date: 1966-01-20

Overview: 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.

Rating: 6.691 / 10

Cast

Don Knotts

as Luther Heggs

Joan Staley

as Alma Parker

Liam Redmond

as Kelsey

Dick Sargent

as George Beckett

Skip Homeier

as Ollie Weaver

Crew

Alan Rafkin - Director
Everett Greenbaum - Screenplay
James Fritzell - Screenplay
Larry Germain - Hairstylist
Edward Montagne - Producer

Reviews

moard:

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 n...