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-> The horribleness and awfulness of it will never actually be forgotten?
-->-- Ollie Weaver, quoting Luther's newspaper story.


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In the small town of Rachel, Kansas, one Luther Heggs (Knotts), a timid typesetter for the local newspaper who aspires to be a photojournalist, gets the opportunity by agreeing to spend the night in an allegedly {{haunted house}}, the site of an unsolved murder-suicide nearly twenty years before. After Luther claims the house is indeed haunted, the nephew of the deceased aims to continue his intended destruction of the house, but for what? Luther must solve the mystery or be branded a fraud.

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In the small Kansas town of Rachel, Kansas, one Luther Heggs (Knotts), a timid typesetter for the local newspaper who aspires to be a photojournalist, gets the opportunity by agreeing to spend the night in an allegedly {{haunted house}}, the site of an unsolved murder-suicide nearly twenty years before. After Luther claims the house is indeed haunted, the nephew of the deceased aims to continue his intended destruction of the house, but for what? Luther must solve the mystery or be branded a fraud.


In the small Kansas town of Rachel, one Luther Heggs (Knotts), a timid typesetter for the local newspaper who aspires to be a photojournalist, gets the opportunity by agreeing to spend the night in an allegedly {{haunted house}}, the site of an unsolved murder-suicide nearly twenty years before. After Luther claims the house is indeed haunted, the nephew of the deceased aims to continue his intended destruction of the house, but for what? Luther must solve the mystery or be branded a fraud.

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In the small Kansas town of Rachel, Kansas, one Luther Heggs (Knotts), a timid typesetter for the local newspaper who aspires to be a photojournalist, gets the opportunity by agreeing to spend the night in an allegedly {{haunted house}}, the site of an unsolved murder-suicide nearly twenty years before. After Luther claims the house is indeed haunted, the nephew of the deceased aims to continue his intended destruction of the house, but for what? Luther must solve the mystery or be branded a fraud.




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In the small Kansas town of Rachel, Luther Heggs (Knotts), a timid typesetter for the local newspaper who aspires to be a photojournalist, gets the opportunity by agreeing to spend the night in an allegedly {{haunted house}}, the site of an unsolved murder-suicide nearly twenty years before. After Luther claims the house is indeed haunted, the nephew of the deceased aims to continue his intended destruction of the house, but for what? Luther must solve the mystery or be branded a fraud.

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In the small Kansas town of Rachel, one Luther Heggs (Knotts), a timid typesetter for the local newspaper who aspires to be a photojournalist, gets the opportunity by agreeing to spend the night in an allegedly {{haunted house}}, the site of an unsolved murder-suicide nearly twenty years before. After Luther claims the house is indeed haunted, the nephew of the deceased aims to continue his intended destruction of the house, but for what? Luther must solve the mystery or be branded a fraud.


In the small town of Rachel, Kansas, Luther Heggs (Knotts), a timid typesetter for the local newspaper who aspires to be a photojournalist, gets the opportunity by agreeing to spend the night in an allegedly {{haunted house}}, the site of an unsolved murder-suicide nearly twenty years before. After Luther claims the house is indeed haunted, the nephew of the deceased aims to continue his intended destruction of the house, but for what? Luther must solve the mystery or be branded a fraud.

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In the small Kansas town of Rachel, Kansas, Luther Heggs (Knotts), a timid typesetter for the local newspaper who aspires to be a photojournalist, gets the opportunity by agreeing to spend the night in an allegedly {{haunted house}}, the site of an unsolved murder-suicide nearly twenty years before. After Luther claims the house is indeed haunted, the nephew of the deceased aims to continue his intended destruction of the house, but for what? Luther must solve the mystery or be branded a fraud.

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* ShoutOut: The film's title is a play on ''Film/TheGhostAndMrsMuir''.

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* LovableCoward: Luther, the "Mr. Chicken" of the title.


''The Ghost and Mr. Chicken'' is a 1966 comedy horror film directed by Alan Rafkin and starring Creator/DonKnotts, with Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, and Creator/DickSargent. The screenplay was written by Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum, who'd been writers for ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' (on which Knotts had starred as Barney Fife).

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''The Ghost and Mr. Chicken'' is a 1966 comedy horror film directed by Alan Rafkin and starring Creator/DonKnotts, with Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, and Creator/DickSargent. The screenplay was written by Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum, who'd been writers for ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' (on which when Knotts had starred costarred on that series as Barney Fife).
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''The Ghost and Mr. Chicken'' is a 1966 comedy horror film directed by Alan Rafkin and starring Creator/DonKnotts, with Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, and Creator/DickSargent. The screenplay was written by Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum, who were also writers for ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' (on which Knotts had previously starred as Barney Fife).

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''The Ghost and Mr. Chicken'' is a 1966 comedy horror film directed by Alan Rafkin and starring Creator/DonKnotts, with Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, and Creator/DickSargent. The screenplay was written by Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum, who were also who'd been writers for ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' (on which Knotts had previously starred as Barney Fife).


In the small town of Rachel, Kansas, Luther Heggs (Knotts), a timid typesetter for the local newspaper who aspires to be a photojournalist, gets the opportunity by agreeing to spend the night in an alleged {{haunted house}}, the site of an unsolved murder-suicide nearly twenty years before. After Luther claims the house is indeed haunted, the nephew of the deceased aims to continue his intended destruction of the house, but for what? Luther must solve the mystery or be branded a fraud.

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In the small town of Rachel, Kansas, Luther Heggs (Knotts), a timid typesetter for the local newspaper who aspires to be a photojournalist, gets the opportunity by agreeing to spend the night in an alleged allegedly {{haunted house}}, the site of an unsolved murder-suicide nearly twenty years before. After Luther claims the house is indeed haunted, the nephew of the deceased aims to continue his intended destruction of the house, but for what? Luther must solve the mystery or be branded a fraud.


Luther Heggs (Knotts), a timid typesetter from Rachel, Kansas who aspires to be a reporter for the newspaper he works at, gets the opportunity by agreeing to spend the night in an alleged {{haunted house}} which he's told was the site of a murder-suicide nearly twenty years before. After Luther claims the house is indeed haunted, the nephew of the deceased aims to continue his intended destruction of the house, but for what? Luther must solve the mystery or be branded a fraud.

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In the small town of Rachel, Kansas, Luther Heggs (Knotts), a timid typesetter from Rachel, Kansas for the local newspaper who aspires to be a reporter for the newspaper he works at, photojournalist, gets the opportunity by agreeing to spend the night in an alleged {{haunted house}} which he's told was house}}, the site of a an unsolved murder-suicide nearly twenty years before. After Luther claims the house is indeed haunted, the nephew of the deceased aims to continue his intended destruction of the house, but for what? Luther must solve the mystery or be branded a fraud.


Luther Heggs (Knotts), a timid typesetter in Rachel, Kansas who aspires to be a reporter for the newspaper he works at, gets the opportunity by agreeing to spend the night in an alleged {{haunted house}} which he's told was the site of a murder-suicide nearly twenty years before. After Luther claims the house is indeed haunted, the nephew of the deceased aims to continue his intended destruction of the house, but for what? Luther must solve the mystery or be branded a fraud.

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Luther Heggs (Knotts), a timid typesetter in from Rachel, Kansas who aspires to be a reporter for the newspaper he works at, gets the opportunity by agreeing to spend the night in an alleged {{haunted house}} which he's told was the site of a murder-suicide nearly twenty years before. After Luther claims the house is indeed haunted, the nephew of the deceased aims to continue his intended destruction of the house, but for what? Luther must solve the mystery or be branded a fraud.

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