The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
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Luther Heggs (Don Knotts) is a typesetter at a newspaper who longs for a chance to be a reporter. Editor Beckett (Dick Sargent) gives Luther his big break and assigns him to spend the night in a house generally considered to be haunted. The situation allows a broad canvas for Knotts to react to sight gags with the special brand of eye-popping nervousness that made him a star. Former Playboy Bunny Joan Staley plays the pretty girlfriend of star reporter Ollie Skip Homeier. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Don Knotts, Joan Staley, (more)
- Director(s):
- Alan Rafkin
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Luther Heggs (Don Knotts) is a typesetter at a newspaper who longs for a chance to be a reporter. Editor Beckett (Dick Sargent) gives Luther his big break and assigns him to spend the night in a house generally considered to be haunted. The situation allows a broad canvas for Knotts to react to sight gags with the special brand of eye-popping nervousness that made him a star. Former Playboy Bunny Joan Staley plays the pretty girlfriend of star reporter Ollie Skip Homeier. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 90 mins
Complete Cast of The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
- Don Knotts - Luther Heggs
- Liam Redmond - Kelsey
- Skip Homeier - Ollie
- Lurene Tuttle - Mrs. Miller
- Harry Hickox - Police Chief Fuller
- Nydia Westman - Mrs. Cobb
- Robert Cornthwaite - Springer
- James Millhollin - Mr. Maxwell
- Ellen Corby - Miss Tremaine
- J. Edward McKinley - Mayor
- Jim Begg - Herkie
- Hope Summers - Suzanna Blush
- Eddie Quillan - Elevator Operator
- Joan Staley - Alma
- Dick Sargent - George Beckett
- Reta Shaw - Mrs. Maxwell
- Philip Ober - Simmons
- Jesslyn Fax - Mrs. Hutchinson
- George Chandler - Judge
- Sandra Gould - Loretta Pine
- Cliff Norton - Bailiff
- Jim Boles - Billy Ray
- Hal Smith - Calver Weems
- Charles Lane - Whitlow
- Burt Mustin - Boarder at Mrs. Maxwell's
- Director(s):
- Alan Rafkin
- Writer(s):
- Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
- Producer(s):
- Edward J. Montagne Jr.
- Categories:
- Comedy
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