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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

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

1966•1h 30m•6.7/10
ComedyFamilyMysteryRomance

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6.7/10(98)

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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Universal Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Don Knotts

Don Knotts

Luther Heggs

Joan Staley

Joan Staley

Alma Parker

Liam Redmond

Liam Redmond

Kelsey

Dick Sargent

Dick Sargent

George Beckett

Skip Homeier

Skip Homeier

Ollie Weaver

Reta Shaw

Reta Shaw

Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell

Lurene Tuttle

Lurene Tuttle

Mrs. Natalie Miller

Philip Ober

Philip Ober

Nicholas Simmons

Harry Hickox

Harry Hickox

Police Chief Art Fuller

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Whitlow

Jesslyn Fax

Jesslyn Fax

Mrs. Hutchinson

Nydia Westman

Nydia Westman

Mrs. Cobb

James Millhollin

James Millhollin

Mr. Maxwell

George Chandler

George Chandler

Judge Harley Nast

Robert Cornthwaite

Robert Cornthwaite

Springer

Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby

Neva Tremaine

Sandra Gould

Sandra Gould

Loretta Pine

Eddie Quillan

Eddie Quillan

Elevator Operator

Burt Mustin

Burt Mustin

Mr. Deligondo

Hope Summers

Hope Summers

Susanna Blush

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