The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
1966 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 7,952 VOTES · DIR. Alan Rafkin
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,109 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:27 Ow!
00:04:31 Calm? Calm?
00:07:02 All right, you two guys. You just better watch it.
00:09:53 It was red, and had yellow flowers...
00:12:48 Your uncle imported all that hand-carved work. That must be worth a fortune.
00:15:27 still climbs the tower...
00:18:10 I should have known this was Luther's work.
00:22:21 Oh, well, I guess I'll just have to... build.
00:25:39 It's the 20th anniversary of their murder/suicide, you know.
00:29:46 Ollie! I'm just putting your adrenaline in shape, kid.
00:40:09 "Moving swiftly, I found myself in the organ loft.
00:42:48 Oh, Halcyon... Now, don't "Oh, Halcyon" me, Milo.
00:46:14 Oh. Well...
00:49:28 folks have been afraid to go near.
00:53:22 It's when you print an untruth about someone that damages them, Luther.
00:56:55 Oh, yes, she is. Boy, a guy could get fat.
01:01:34 You don't own me, Ollie. You never did.
01:05:09 Charley, your fingernails. I had a flat on the way to work.
01:07:51 No questions.
01:10:53 That's very funny. Thank you.
01:13:50 I believe in you, Luther. I believe in what you stand for.
01:16:43 There's-There's a staircase in there and everything.
01:24:02 You!
01:27:06 I went into the room, and there lay Mrs. Simmons...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,109
Dialogue density12.3 lines / min
First line00:01:27
Final line01:27:06
Production Record
DirectorAlan Rafkin
LanguageEnglish
Budget$700,000
IMDb votes7,952