1966
6.7 (95 votes)
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy
Family
Mystery
Romance
Horror
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
G-G-GUARANTEED! YOU'LL BE SCARED UNTIL YOU LAUGH YOURSELF SILLY!
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.
Key Crew
Director: Alan Rafkin
Screenplay: James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Producer: Edward Montagne
Director of Photography: William Margulies
Top 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
Videos
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966 TV trailer
