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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) was a Comedy - Family Film directed by Alan Rafkin and produced by Edward Montagne.

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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken ( 1966 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 30, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Ephraim Simmons murdered his wife in cold blood and then played the organ before killing himself; the keys are still stained with blood, and could never be cleaned off.... even after using Bon-Ami! Or so the rumor goes. It takes a man with spunk, like Luther Heggs, to get to the bottom of the real s... Read full article


The Ghost and Mr. Chicken ( 1966 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 30, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Ephraim Simmons murdered his wife in cold blood and then played the organ before killing himself; the keys are still stained with blood, and could never be cleaned off.... even after using Bon-Ami! Or so the rumor goes. It takes a man with spunk, like Luther Heggs, to get to the bottom of the real s... Read full article


The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)

on Oct 15, 2015 From Journeys in Classic Film

Originally published October 26th, 2013 We interrupt our weekly foray into the Disney Vault – which I’ll be posting later – to look at a live-action film starring one of Disney’s beloved actors, Don Knotts. While The Ghost and Mr. Chicken isn’t a Disney movie, Knotts cr... Read full article


The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)

on Oct 26, 2013 From Journeys in Classic Film

We interrupt our weekly foray into the Disney Vault – which I’ll be posting later – to look at a live-action film starring one of Disney’s beloved actors, Don Knotts.? While The Ghost and Mr. Chicken isn’t a Disney movie, Knotts created several enduring characters for t... Read full article


The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

By Irish Jayhawk on Oct 20, 2012 From Outspoken and Freckled

As part of my ongoing tribute to fun and spooky classic films throughout October, today I present to you my offering of Alan Rafkin's THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN (1966). Yes, this family classic is the perfect addition to my line-up of what reflects my childhood favorites and I continue enjoy with... Read full article


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Luther Heggs: Oh, don't panic. Don't panic.


Luther Heggs: That's right, karate... made my whole body a weapon.


Luther Heggs: Mr. Boob, that's me. B double O B - boob!


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Facts about

The outside street scenes in the opening credits to "The Ghost and Mr Chicken" were filmed at Universal Studios Back lot. The mansion shown is the Harvey House, now seen in Desperate Housewives.
One of the few American films shot in the Technicolor Corporation's Techniscope wide screen process. The wide screen effect was achieved by essentially splitting the usual film frame horizontally into two smaller frames with a greater width to height ratio. It was inexpensive, but yielded a grainy image, which probably explains why it was seldom used in Hollywood.
The car Luther Heggs drives is an Edsel, a short lived marque of the Ford Corporation named after Henry Ford's son, Edsel Ford.
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