Movie Cosmos - The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

Description:

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

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

Top Crew >

Alan Rafkin

Director

Reviews:

moard

Classic, cannot be replicated

This Don Knotts vehicle made immediately after his days on the Andy Griffith show ended has now become a classic. Knotts’ plays the nervous typesetter who spends the night in a haunted mansion. He eventually wins the beautiful girl and solves a murder mystery, completely by accident of course. 9-10

2023-11-20