The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
6.7
90 minutes
1/20/1966
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.
Cast List
Don Knotts
as Luther Heggs
Joan Staley
as Alma Parker
Liam Redmond
as Kelsey
Dick Sargent
as George Beckett
Skip Homeier
as Ollie Weaver
Reta Shaw
as Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell
Lurene Tuttle
as Mrs. Natalie Miller
Philip Ober
as Nicholas Simmons
Harry Hickox
as Police Chief Art Fuller
Charles Lane
as Whitlow
Jesslyn Fax
as Mrs. Hutchinson
Nydia Westman
as Mrs. Cobb
James Millhollin
as Mr. Maxwell
George Chandler
as Judge Harley Nast
Robert Cornthwaite
as Springer
Ellen Corby
as Neva Tremaine
Sandra Gould
as Loretta Pine
Eddie Quillan
as Elevator Operator
Burt Mustin
as Mr. Deligondo
Hope Summers
as Susanna Blush
Hal Smith
as Calver Weems
Al Checco
as Gaylord Patie
J. Edward McKinley
as Mayor Carlyle Preston
Everett Greenbaum
as Man Saying 'Attaboy Luther' (voice)
Jim Boles
as Billy Ray Fox
Lovyss Bradley
Ruth Thom
as Occult Clubwoman (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
as Man at Picnic