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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 ... 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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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken Quotes:

Luther Heggs: Calm? Do "murder" and "calm" go together? Calm and murder? Murder?
Heavyset Man at Police Station: Yeah Luther, what you gonna do about it?
Luther Heggs: [after a pause] Why don't you run up an alley and holler fish?
Luther Heggs: I guess if you cut me, I'd bleed ink.
Luther Heggs: Mr. Boob, that's me. B double O B - boob!
Luther Heggs: It was terrible. It was just terrible. I'll never get over it as long as I live.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken Facts
Charles Lane, another Andy Griffith alumni (Mr. Frisby), also makes an appearance as Lawyer Whitlow.
According to Don Knotts' autobiography, the off-screen voice yelling, "Attaboy, Luther!" belongs to screenwriter Everett Greenbaum.
Besides Don Knotts, there are a number of actors from the Andy Griffith Show in this movie, some playing characters very similar to the characters they did in the Andy Griffith Show. For example, Hal Smith plays the town drunk in both productions, and Dorthy Neumann plays Smith's wife in both productions. Also, "Griffith" show veterans, such as Burt Mustin and Hope Summers are featured in this movie. This was Knott's first film after leaving the Andy Griffith Show.
This film inspired a short-lived craze for yelling out "Attaboy, (name)" during speeches and other situations. This came from a running gag used in this film.
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.
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