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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

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

6.7(107)19661h 30m3

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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Status
Released
Budget
$700K
Box office
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Language
English
  • newspaper
  • haunted house
  • organ
  • trial
  • slapstick comedy
  • secret door
  • courtroom
  • organ music

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Director

Alan Rafkin

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalG20 Jan 1966

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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken was released on 20 January 1966.

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    moard

    11/20/2023

    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 night in a haunted mansion. He eventually wins the beautiful girl and solves a murder mystery, completely by accident of course. 9-10

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