This 1966 comedy is a really good, family-friendly movie.
In this one, Don Knotts
plays a bumbling typesetter named Luther Heggs who really wants to be a
reporter. One morning, one of his co-workers at the newspaper tells him a story
about the Simmons Mansion, a house that was the scene of a murder/suicide that occurred 20 years ago,
and is supposedly haunted.
Knowing that he’s excitable and easily scared,
two reporters decide that Luther is the perfect person to spend the night in
the haunted house on the anniversary of the murder/suicide, as it will likely
lead to a good story. Because of his drive to be a reporter and his desire to
win the attention of a woman named Alma (played by Joan Staley), Luther agrees.
That night, while he nervously fumbles around a spooky old house, Luther finds
a secret passage, an organ that’s playing on its own, and even a bleeding painting.
The next morning
Heggs gets the story published in the paper and immediately becomes something
of a local hero. Everything is going great, that is until he and the paper are
slapped with a liable lawsuit from the man who owns the house. This movie a ton
of fun from start to finish, and even has a nice little twist at the end.
I really enjoy this one, and I give it a 4
out of 5
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