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.
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken has generally received positive reviews.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken was released in 1966 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 195 reviews, giving The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) an average rating of 71%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 84%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 40%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Ghost and Mr. Chicken a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 71%, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1966, which stands at 59%.
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