Poster of The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

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.

Release Date: 1966-01-20

Original Language: en

Genres: Comedy Family Mystery Romance Horror

Rating:

Popularity:

5.673

Cast Members

Don Knotts

Luther Heggs

Joan Staley

Alma Parker

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

Jesslyn Fax

Mrs. Hutchinson

Nydia Westman

Mrs. Cobb

James Millhollin

Mr. Maxwell

George Chandler

Judge Harley Nast

Ellen Corby

Neva Tremaine

Sandra Gould

Loretta Pine

Eddie Quillan

Elevator Operator

Burt Mustin

Mr. Deligondo

Hope Summers

Susanna Blush

Hal Smith

Calver Weems

Al Checco

Gaylord Patie

J. Edward McKinley

Mayor Carlyle Preston

Everett Greenbaum

Man Saying 'Attaboy Luther' (voice)

Jim Boles

Billy Ray Fox

Ruth Thom

Occult Clubwoman (uncredited)