

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
“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.
Top 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

Jesslyn Fax
Mrs. Hutchinson

Nydia Westman
Mrs. Cobb
Key Film Crew
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