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
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.
Quick Stats
6.7
TMDB Rating
102
Votes
1h 30m
Runtime
$700K
Budget
—
Box Office
—
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Key Crew
DirectorAlan Rafkin
WriterJames Fritzell
CinematographyWilliam Margulies
ComposerVic Mizzy
EditorSam E. Waxman
Production DesignAlexander Golitzen
Produced by
Universal Pictures
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Critics & Reviews
1 featuredCast
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
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