# The Ghost & Mr. Chicken (1966)

> A timid small-town typesetter gets his unlikely shot at journalism when a haunted-house assignment entangles him in an old murder mystery and a libel suit.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7694

## Facts

- Runtime: 90 min
- Genres: Comedy, Family, Mystery, Romance
- Director: Alan Rafkin
- Cast: Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, Dick Sargent, Skip Homeier, Reta Shaw, Lurene Tuttle, Philip Ober
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059221/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: witty, playful, gently eerie, family movie night, classic comedy marathon

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