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Summary

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.

Cast

Don Knotts

Luther Heggs

Joan Staley

Alma Parker

Liam Redmond

Kelsey

Dick Sargent

George Beckett

Skip Homeier

Ollie Weaver

Reta Shaw

Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell

Lurene Tuttle

Mrs. Natalie Miller

Philip Ober

Nicholas Simmons

Harry Hickox

Police Chief Art Fuller

Charles Lane

Whitlow

Jesslyn Fax

Mrs. Hutchinson

Nydia Westman

Mrs. Cobb

James Millhollin

Mr. Maxwell

George Chandler

Judge Harley Nast

Robert Cornthwaite

Springer

Ellen Corby

Neva Tremaine

Sandra Gould

Loretta Pine

Eddie Quillan

Elevator Operator

Burt Mustin

Mr. Deligondo

Hope Summers

Susanna Blush

Hal Smith

Calver Weems

Al Checco

Gaylord Patie

J. Edward McKinley

Mayor Carlyle Preston

Everett Greenbaum

Man Saying 'Attaboy Luther' (voice)

Jim Boles

Billy Ray Fox

Lovyss Bradley

Ruth Thom

Occult Clubwoman (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Alan Rafkin

Screenplay

James Fritzell

Screenplay

Everett Greenbaum

Reviews

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November 20, 2023

Classic, cannot be replicated

This Don Knotts vehicle made immediately after his days on the Andy Griffith show ended has now become a classic. Knotts’ plays the nervous typesetter who spends the night in a haunted mansion. He eventually wins the beautiful girl and solves a murder mystery, completely by accident of course. 9-10