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Feature film — 1966

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)

6.71h 30mComedy — Family — Mystery — Romance

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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A high-signal pick with 107 votes.

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Director: Alan Rafkin

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Cast & crew

Don Knotts as Luther Heggs

Don Knotts

Luther Heggs

Joan Staley as Alma Parker

Joan Staley

Alma Parker

Liam Redmond as Kelsey

Liam Redmond

Kelsey

Dick Sargent as George Beckett

Dick Sargent

George Beckett

Skip Homeier as Ollie Weaver

Skip Homeier

Ollie Weaver

Reta Shaw as Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell

Reta Shaw

Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell

Lurene Tuttle as Mrs. Natalie Miller

Lurene Tuttle

Mrs. Natalie Miller

Philip Ober as Nicholas Simmons

Philip Ober

Nicholas Simmons

Harry Hickox as Police Chief Art Fuller

Harry Hickox

Police Chief Art Fuller

Charles Lane as Whitlow

Charles Lane

Whitlow

Jesslyn Fax as Mrs. Hutchinson

Jesslyn Fax

Mrs. Hutchinson

Nydia Westman as Mrs. Cobb

Nydia Westman

Mrs. Cobb

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