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The Ghost And Mr. Chicken (1966)

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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 6
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Release Date: Jan 20, 1966 Wide

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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

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Kids & Family, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Alan Rafkin

In Theaters: Jan 20, 1966 Wide

On DVD: Sep 2, 2003

Cast

Don Knotts
Luther Heggs
Joan Staley
Alma
Liam Redmond
Kelsey
Dick Sargent
George Beckett
Skip Homeier
Ollie
Reta Shaw
Mrs. Maxwell
Lurene Tuttle
Mrs. Miller
Philip Ober
Simmons
Harry Hickox
Police Chief Fuller
Jesslyn Fax
Mrs. Hutchinson
Nydia Westman
Mrs. Cobb
George Chandler
Judge
Robert Cornthwaite
Springer
Sandra Gould
Loretta Pine
James Millhollin
Mr. Maxwell
Cliff Norton
Bailiff
Ellen Corby
Miss Tremaine
Jim Boles
Billy Ray
J. Edward McKinley
Mayor
Burt Mustin
Boarder at Mrs. Maxwell...
Eddie Quillan
Elevator Operator
Hope Summers
Suzanna Blush
Charles Lane
Whitlow
Hal Smith
Calver Weems
Jim Begg
Herkie

Critic Reviews for The Ghost And Mr. Chicken

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (2) | DVD (1)

Prime Don Knotts with Barney Fife patented laughs.

June 25, 2005 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Unusually good Knotts vehicle with atmosphere and a great creepy organ piece.

March 29, 2004 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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...

September 15, 2003 Comment

John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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...

April 3, 2003 Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You