Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)

Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 51m

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8.4/10

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A hard-bitten reporter with a nose for news and an open mind.

Overview

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter who investigated mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly those that law enforcement authorities would not follow up. These often involved the supernatural or even science fiction, including fantastic creatures.

Jeffrey Grant Rice

Creator

Top Billed Cast

Darren McGavin

Carl Kolchak

Simon Oakland

Tony Vincenzo

Jack Grinnage

Ron Updyke

Ruth McDevitt

Emily Cowles, Elderly Woman, Edith Cowels

John Fiedler

Gordon Spangler

Carol Ann Susi

Monique Marmelstein

Richard Kiel

The Monster

Ramon Bieri

Captain Joe Baker

Keenan Wynn

Capt. Joe 'Mad Dog' Siska

Dennis McCarthy

Ballistics Man, Guard

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on April 26, 2018

The influential Kolchak TV series from 1974-1975

The TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker ran for one season in 1974-1975, consisting of 20 episodes. Two additional episodes were scheduled to be filmed, but star Darren McGavin was becoming disillusioned with due to an exhausting schedule and the fact that he was rewriting scripts plus doing much of the production work without compensation. The...

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A review by drystyx

Written on April 2, 2023

This could have been a witty show instead of a depressing one that borders too much on Hitler worship.
Kolchak is an obnoxious reporter and terrible role model. He does anything for a story.
Trouble is, the writing for the series seems to always degenerate into some Nazi ideology where all the murder victims are women with dark hair and dark eyes. It's impossible not to notice this worship of Hi...

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