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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken	comment	The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is a 1966 comedy horror film directed by Alan Rafkin and starring Don Knotts, with Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, and Dick Sargent. The screenplay was written by Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum, who'd been writers for The Andy Griffith Show when Knotts costarred on that series as Barney Fife.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 that 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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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_18d420b0	type	Lovable Coward
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_18d420b0	comment	Lovable Coward: Luther, the "Mr. Chicken" of the title.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: The two ladies from Luther's boarding house who argue about various things (such as the use of Bon-Ami on the bloodstained keys).
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_3429147e	type	When the Clock Strikes Twelve
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_3429147e	comment	When the Clock Strikes Twelve: According to local legend, Mr. Simmons murdered his wife and then played on an organ around midnight before committing suicide. Ever since that night, people have heard organ music coming from the Simmons house at midnight. When Luther Heggs spends a night in the "haunted house", the organ does indeed start playing at midnight.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_38d02d44	type	Batman Gambit
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_38d02d44	comment	Batman Gambit: Alma takes it upon herself to stay behind in the mansion and investigate. She ultimately exposes the hidden staircase and Nicholas Simmons.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_4160410d	type	Damsel in Distress
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_4160410d	comment	Damsel in Distress: Nicholas Simmons takes Alma captive in a last ditch effort to preserve his alibi.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: Luther is routinely mocked and gets no respect from any of his peers, especially Ollie, until he finally gets his big break.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_5134c207	type	Failed Dramatic Exit
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_5134c207	comment	Failed Dramatic Exit: After telling off Ollie in the diner, Luther heatedly heads for the door and tells the cashier, "Put it (his lunch) on my tab." The cashier replies, "You haven't got a tab," so Luther has to stop and pay his bill before storming out.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_72852a93	type	Henpecked Husband
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_72852a93	comment	Henpecked Husband: Mr. Maxwell, whose wife owns 51% of the bank's stock.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_77550b4f	type	Theme-and-Variations Soundtrack
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_77550b4f	comment	Theme-and-Variations Soundtrack: The Simmons Mansion theme, coupled with the first few bars of "Mr. Ghost Goes to Town," is used as the constant Leitmotif of the movie.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: Calver Weems, whose wife finally got fed up with it, and whacked him over the head with a wooden plank.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_8cb1a369	type	Took a Level in Jerkass
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_8cb1a369	comment	Took a Level in Jerkass: Ollie goes from Deadpan Snarker co-worker to Luther to becoming flat out vindictive towards him, mostly because Alma dumped him for Luther.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_91d3ab1e	type	Ominous Pipe Organ
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_91d3ab1e	comment	Ominous Pipe Organ: The Simmons Mansion organ. Also, the organ in the wedding chapel in the end.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Nicholas Simmons was the one who committed the murders of the Simmons Mansion and sought the demolition of the house to preserve the secret. He also sues Luther for libel towards his family name in order to discredit him and keep attention away from the house.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_a1b27125	type	Nervous Wreck
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_a1b27125	comment	Nervous Wreck: Luther, so much.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Ollie, who makes a joke at Luther's expense whenever he can.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The film's title is a play on The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_caa28b82	type	Cloudcuckoolander
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_caa28b82	comment	Cloudcuckoolander: Mrs. Maxwell and her occult group.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_cb70651c	type	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_cb70651c	comment	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: In the ending when Luther marries Alma, the wedding organ inexplicably plays the Simmons Mansion organ theme all by itself, hinting at the possibility that there is a ghost after all.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_d62dd556	type	The Chessmaster
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_d62dd556	comment	The Chessmaster: Mr. Kelsey, who urges Luther to pursue the story and talks Ollie and Beckett into letting Luther spend a night in the house. He is also revealed to be behind everything that occurs during Luther's night at the house, in order to bring Nicholas Simmons, the real villain, to justice.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_dfa40c1b	type	Didn't See That Coming
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_dfa40c1b	comment	Didn't See That Coming: Nicholas Simmons expected all the people to leave the mansion behind after Luther was discredited. What he didn't count on was Alma staying behind and discovering him, so he took her captive.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_f91d1d4f	type	Darkest Hour
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_f91d1d4f	comment	Darkest Hour: Luther is unable to prove his story, he is deemed a fraud, and the Rachel newspaper is facing a shut down, costing him and many others their jobs. Until he hears a familiar organ in the mansion...
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_f9439c84	type	Haunted House
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_f9439c84	comment	Haunted House: The Simmons Mansion. Subverted later, when it's revealed that all the weird doings in the old house were the work of Mr. Kelsey, but subverted again at the end of the movie, where the possibility is implied that there really was something supernatural after all.
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: Many. "And they used Bon-Ami!" "Attaboy, Luther!" (or 'Judge', or 'Carl') "TARO...CARO...SALAMON!"
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_fabd6906	type	Everytown, America
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / int_fabd6906	comment	Everytown, America: The movie takes place in Rachel, Kansas.
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