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Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974 - 1975
Comedy, Suspense/Thriller
TV Series
A newspaper reporter investigates strange supernatural occurrences in Chicago. (imdb)
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Directed by:

Allen Baron
Allen-Baron
12 total credits
Allen Baron has 12 credits at Criticker, including: Blast of Silence, Charlie's Angels and Kolchak: The Night Stalker
,
Don Weis
Don-Weis
33 total credits
Don Weis has 33 credits at Criticker, including: Fantasy Island, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Starsky and Hutch, I Love Melvin and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
,
Alexander Grasshoff
Alexander-Grasshoff
9 total credits
Alexander Grasshoff has 9 credits at Criticker, including: The Wave, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Last Dinosaur, Future Shock and Wacky Taxi

Writers:

Jeffrey Grant Rice
Jeffrey-Grant-Rice
4 total credits
Jeffrey Grant Rice has 4 credits at Criticker, including: The Night Stalker, The Night Strangler, Kolchak: The Night Stalker and Night Stalker
,
David Chase
David-Chase
11 total credits
David Chase has 11 credits at Criticker, including: The Sopranos, The Many Saints of Newark and Not Fade Away

Starring:

Darren McGavin
Darren-McGavin
70 total credits
Darren McGavin was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal in the film A Christmas Story of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his son overhears. He appeared as the tough-talking, funny detective in the 1950s television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer... - www.wikipedia.org
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Simon Oakland
Simon-Oakland
28 total credits
Simon Oakland has 28 credits at Criticker, including: Psycho, West Side Story, Bullitt, The Sand Pebbles and Emperor of the North Pole
,
Ruth McDevitt
Ruth-McDevitt
22 total credits
Delightfully daffy and an apple dumpling of a darling, wizened character actress Ruth McDevitt was born Ruth Shoecraft in Michigan but raised in Ohio where her father served as a county sheriff. She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Art with designs of becoming an actress but married a Florida widower soon after and put full focus on being a wife. Her husband died in 1934 and, at age 40+, Ruth decided to dabble again with community theater productions which reignited her passion. She bec
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Jack Grinnage
Jack-Grinnage
4 total credits
Jack Grinnage has 4 credits at Criticker, including: King Creole, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Mind and the Matter, Riot in Juvenile Prison and Mr. R.I.N.G.

Franchise:

Kolchak

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974 - 1975
Comedy, Suspense/Thriller
TV Series
Avg Percentile 69.37% from 38 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

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Rated 04 May 2020
95
84th
LOVED LOVED LOVED this. Sorry it only got one season, but it covered a lot. A reporter covering the night shift comes in contact with the supernatural, occult and monsters. Two decades before X-Files, there was Kolchak! Great job Darren McGavin!
Rated 02 Nov 2023
60
50th
Gotta love McGavin and his off-beat and ever-indignant newspaper man's investigations but the first episode is pretty bland. But the first tv movie ("The Night Stalker" from 1972) is rather delightful. (101: 55)
Rated 31 May 2022
80
82nd
I remember loving this when it was first on TV... of course, I was 15 and haven't seen it since. Still, there are scenes from this I still remember vividly to this day.
Rated 20 May 2021
50
48th
Kolchak has a rich pop culture context as the predecessor to The X-Files, Millennium and all supernatural procedurals that followed, but viewed today it exists more as a charming anthology of dollar store Halloween costumed monsters. The only episode I found to be atmospheric was the Hindu demon-based one, the rest were a mix of either forgettable or cheesy fun (cruise ship werewolf, headless biker swordsman, underground T-Rex). If you're interested in the premise start with the TV movies.
Rated 01 Oct 2015
68
65th
It was never going to last, and it seems dated now, but for 1974 this was some super cool dark shit.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Season 1
Season 1 - A newspaper reporter investigates strange supernatural occurrences in Chicago. (imdb)

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Allen Baron
Allen-Baron
12 total credits
Allen Baron has 12 credits at Criticker, including: Blast of Silence, Charlie's Angels and Kolchak: The Night Stalker
,
Don Weis
Don-Weis
33 total credits
Don Weis has 33 credits at Criticker, including: Fantasy Island, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Starsky and Hutch, I Love Melvin and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
,
Alexander Grasshoff
Alexander-Grasshoff
9 total credits
Alexander Grasshoff has 9 credits at Criticker, including: The Wave, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Last Dinosaur, Future Shock and Wacky Taxi

Writers:

Jeffrey Grant Rice
Jeffrey-Grant-Rice
4 total credits
Jeffrey Grant Rice has 4 credits at Criticker, including: The Night Stalker, The Night Strangler, Kolchak: The Night Stalker and Night Stalker
,
David Chase
David-Chase
11 total credits
David Chase has 11 credits at Criticker, including: The Sopranos, The Many Saints of Newark and Not Fade Away

Starring:

Darren McGavin
Darren-McGavin
70 total credits
Darren McGavin was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal in the film A Christmas Story of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his son overhears. He appeared as the tough-talking, funny detective in the 1950s television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer... - www.wikipedia.org
,
Simon Oakland
Simon-Oakland
28 total credits
Simon Oakland has 28 credits at Criticker, including: Psycho, West Side Story, Bullitt, The Sand Pebbles and Emperor of the North Pole
,
Ruth McDevitt
Ruth-McDevitt
22 total credits
Delightfully daffy and an apple dumpling of a darling, wizened character actress Ruth McDevitt was born Ruth Shoecraft in Michigan but raised in Ohio where her father served as a county sheriff. She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Art with designs of becoming an actress but married a Florida widower soon after and put full focus on being a wife. Her husband died in 1934 and, at age 40+, Ruth decided to dabble again with community theater productions which reignited her passion. She bec
,
Jack Grinnage
Jack-Grinnage
4 total credits
Jack Grinnage has 4 credits at Criticker, including: King Creole, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Mind and the Matter, Riot in Juvenile Prison and Mr. R.I.N.G.

Franchise:

Kolchak

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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