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The Ghost & Mr. Chicken(1966)
Status: Released
Date: 1966-01-20
67%
95 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
G-G-GUARANTEED! YOU'LL BE SCARED UNTIL YOU LAUGH YOURSELF SILLY!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, Spanish.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $700,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Top 10 Billed Cast
Don Knotts
Luther Heggs
Joan Staley
Alma Parker
Liam Redmond
Kelsey
Dick Sargent
George Beckett
Skip Homeier
Ollie Weaver
Reta Shaw
Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell
Lurene Tuttle
Mrs. Natalie Miller
Philip Ober
Nicholas Simmons
Harry Hickox
Police Chief Art Fuller
Charles Lane
Whitlow
Video Trailer The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Video: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966 TV trailer
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966 TV trailer
Adam Rifkin on THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966 TV trailer - Trailer
Adam Rifkin on THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN - Featurette
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