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The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

1966 • 1h30m Comedy, Family, Mystery, Romance, Horror

Rating

6.7/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Alan Rafkin

Screenplay

James Fritzell

Everett Greenbaum

Cast

Don Knotts

Joan Staley

Liam Redmond

Release date

1/20/1966

Status

Released

Budget

$700,000

Origin country

US

Vote count

97