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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

1966 · 90 min

A gentle, silly scare-comedy where the spooky bits are played for laughs and the small-town charm wins you over.

Directed by
Alan Rafkin
Genres
Comedy, Family, Mystery
Starring
Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond
Tagline
G-G-GUARANTEED! YOU'LL BE SCARED UNTIL YOU LAUGH YOURSELF SILLY!
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.

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Directed by
Alan Rafkin
Genres
Comedy, Family, Mystery
Starring
Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • deception
  • justice
  • found family
Places
  • small town
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour8
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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comedy, family, mystery, romance
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