The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Synopsis

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.

Director

Alan Rafkin

Written by

James Fritzell

Music

Vic Mizzy

Studio

Universal Pictures

Released

20 January 1966

Genres

Comedy, Family, Mystery, Romance