The Ghost And Mr. Chicken (1966)

67% of critics liked it
(6 reviews)
75% of users liked it
(8,011 ratings)

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… More 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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By: Alan Rafkin
Genres: Kids & Family, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Comedy

In Theaters: Jan 20, 1966 Wide
On DVD: Sep 2, 2003

Critic Reviews

Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Prime Don Knotts with Barney Fife patented laughs.
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Unusually good Knotts vehicle with atmosphere and a great creepy organ piece.
John Beifuss, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
For youngsters who hadn't experienced anything stronger than the attack of the ping-pong balls on 'Captain Kangaroo,' 'Mr. Chicken' -- with its spooky organ music, blood-dripping portrait and haunted 'murder house' -- was deliciously traumatic...
Matt Bailey, Not Coming to a Theater Near You
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is, overall, a very sweet-natured comedy. It's just the thing to watch when you are sick of foul-mouthed puppets [and] flatulent grade-schoolers...

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Really great funny movie. Love Don Knotts. My mom watches these kinds of movies all the time.
Cindy I

Slight and fluffy, but still fun.
Drew S

A likeable and fun older comedy with very little to fault it for.

Cast

            Don Knotts as Luther Heggs

            Joan Staley as Alma

            Liam Redmond as Kelsey

            Dick Sargent as George Beckett

            Skip Homeier as Ollie

            Reta Shaw as Mrs. Maxwell

            Lurene Tuttle as Mrs. Miller

            Philip Ober as Simmons

            Harry Hickox as Police Chief Fuller

            Jesslyn Fax as Mrs. Hutchinson

            Nydia Westman as Mrs. Cobb

            George Chandler as Judge

            Robert Cornthwaite as Springer

            Sandra Gould as Loretta Pine

            James Millhollin as Mr. Maxwell

            Cliff Norton as Bailiff

            Ellen Corby as Miss Tremaine

            Jim Boles as Billy Ray

            J. Edward McKinley as Mayor

            Burt Mustin as Boarder at Mrs. Maxwell's

            Eddie Quillan as Elevator Operator

            Hope Summers as Suzanna Blush

            Charles Lane as Whitlow

            Hal Smith as Calver Weems

            Jim Begg as Herkie
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