The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1966-01-20
Runtime: 90 mins
Director: Alan Rafkin
Spoken language: English, Español
Genres: Comedy, Family, Mystery, Romance, Horror
Original title: The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Production Companies: Universal Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Don Knotts
Joan Staley
Liam Redmond
Dick Sargent
Skip Homeier
Reta Shaw
Lurene Tuttle
Philip Ober
Harry Hickox
Charles Lane
Jesslyn Fax
Nydia Westman
James Millhollin
George Chandler
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