The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alan Rafkin
Written by	Jim Fritzell Everett Greenbaum
Produced by	Edward Montagne
Starring	Don Knotts Joan Staley Liam Redmond Sandra Gould Dick Sargent Skip Homeier
Cinematography	William Margulies
Edited by	Sam E. Waxman
Music by	Vic Mizzy
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	January 20, 1966 (1966-01-20)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is a 1966 American comedy mystery film starring Don Knotts as Luther Heggs, the town dunce and a newspaper typesetter who spends a night in a haunted house, which is located in the fictitious community of Rachel, Kansas. Don Knotts' first major project after leaving The Andy Griffith Show, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken uses a similar small town setting and involved a number of alumni from the sitcom, including director Alan Rafkin and writers Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum. It was a box office success, paving the way for a string of other Knotts-fronted comedy films. The working title was Running Scared.^[1] The title is presumably a humorous variation of the film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947).^[2]