The Ghost & Mr. Chicken(1966)
G-G-GUARANTEED! YOU'LL BE SCARED UNTIL YOU LAUGH YOURSELF SILLY!
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.
Movie: The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Top 10 Billed Cast
Luther Heggs
Alma Parker
Kelsey
George Beckett
Ollie Weaver
Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell
Mrs. Natalie Miller
Nicholas Simmons
Police Chief Art Fuller
Whitlow
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