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Release Date:
13 September 1974 (USA) more
Tagline:
One man's quest to uncover the truth,
Plot:
A newspaper reporter investigates strange supernatural occurrences in Chicago. full summary
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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(5 articles)
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New TV series doesn't match the old... more (62 total)

Cast

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Darren McGavin ... Carl Kolchak (20 episodes, 1974-1975)
Simon Oakland ... Tony Vincenzo (20 episodes, 1974-1975)

Jack Grinnage ... Ron Updyke (18 episodes, 1974-1975)
Ruth McDevitt ... Emily Cowles / ... (12 episodes, 1974-1975)
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Series Directed by
Don Weis (4 episodes, 1974-1975)
Allen Baron (4 episodes, 1974)
Alexander Grasshoff (3 episodes, 1974)
Don McDougall (2 episodes, 1975)
 
Series Writing credits
Jeffrey Grant Rice (20 episodes, 1974-1975)
David Chase (8 episodes, 1974-1975)
Rudolph Borchert (5 episodes, 1974-1975)
John Huff (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
L. Ford Neale (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Bill S. Ballinger (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Arthur Rowe (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Dirk Wayne Summers (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Michael Kozoll (2 episodes, 1975)

Series Produced by
Cy Chermak .... producer (18 episodes, 1974-1975)
Darren McGavin .... executive producer (4 episodes, 1974)
Paul Playdon .... producer (2 episodes, 1974)
 
Series Original Music by
Jerry Fielding (12 episodes, 1974-1975)
Gil Melle (7 episodes, 1974-1975)
 
Series Cinematography by
Ronald W. Browne (17 episodes, 1974-1975)
 
Series Film Editing by
Robert M. Leeds (10 episodes, 1974-1975)
John Elias (9 episodes, 1974-1975)
Anthony Redman (7 episodes, 1974-1975)
Larry Strong (4 episodes, 1974-1975)
Howard Terrill (3 episodes, 1974)
Edward W. Williams (2 episodes, 1975)
 
Series Art Direction by
Raymond Beal (19 episodes, 1974-1975)
 
Series Set Decoration by
Robert George Freer (16 episodes, 1974-1975)
 
Series Production Management
Ralph Sariego .... unit manager (20 episodes, 1974-1975)
 
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Hawks .... assistant director (10 episodes, 1974-1975)
William Holbrook .... assistant director (9 episodes, 1974-1975)
 
Series Sound Department
John K. Kean .... sound (19 episodes, 1974-1975)
 
Series Stunts
Gene LeBell .... stunts (1 episode, 1974)
Regina Parton .... stunts (1 episode, 1974)
Charlie Picerni .... stunts (1 episode, 1974)
Dick Warlock .... stunts (1 episode, 1974)
 
Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bill Jobe .... costumes by (17 episodes, 1974-1975)
 
Series Editorial Department
Richard Belding .... editorial supervision (20 episodes, 1974-1975)
 
Series Music Department
Hal Mooney .... music supervision (20 episodes, 1974-1975)
Gil Melle .... composer: theme (15 episodes, 1974-1975)
 
Series Other crew
David Chase .... story consultant (20 episodes, 1974-1975)
Jack Cole .... main title design (20 episodes, 1974-1975)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Night Stalker
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Runtime:
51 min (20 episodes)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The show premiered on Friday 13 September 1974. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Many of the stories take place in the winter months, but there is never any snow, and even if there was no snow, it is highly unlikely one would be driving a convertible with the top down during the winter months in Chicago. more
Quotes:
Carl Kolchak: Is there anybody important here?
Receptionist: No, just reporters.
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23 out of 24 people found the following review useful.
New TV series doesn't match the old..., 30 July 2005
Author: Steve Ressel from Clifford, ND

I was just looking over the new series made for ABC TV. Good god. I was just contemplating what a new series would be like, and then I find it...and I guessed right; watered down, fancy boy crud.

The old series of Night Stalker was a zeitgeist, about being a regular guy, trying to find the truth, which was always hidden by authorities. Much like the times, it had a soul that went to the heart of public feelings, while working in the frame genre of horror/suspense. But, instead of writing to connect the public to their inner feelings about society wrapped in entertainment, the new series is about black and white working together, hot and fancy, to find less then archetypal mysteries. Kolchak brought a pulpy sense of reality to light, and portrayed the seedy side of life without being moralistic. It was Columbo of the supernatural. It didn't create fanciful immorality, like the goth culture today, and it didn't put searing political statements all over. It tried to entertain. And it did. Hence the popularity through the years. Anyone, like myself, who saw this in their childhood remembers it today.

The new series is destined to be another watered down bastardization of brilliant TV.

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