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Title	Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Year	1974
Time	990 mins
Genre	Horror; Mystery; Suspense; Thriller
Director	Robert Scheerer; Vincent McEveety
Edition	Classic Television
Format	DVD
Actor	Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak; Simon Oakland as Tony Vincenzo; Jack Grinnage as Ron Updyke; Ruth McDevitt as Emily Cowles; Paul Baxley as Cop on Stairs; Craig R. Baxley as Staff Sgt. Rolf Anderson; Daniel Elam as Reporter; Bob Harks as Barbershop Patron; Walter Smith as Arcade Patron; John Fiedler as Gordy; Keith Walker as 1st Reporter; Carol Ann Susi as Monique Marmelstein; Tony Regan as Reporter; Chuck Waters as William Pratt; Leoda Richards as Police Officer's Mother
Rating	NR (Not Rated)
Cinematography	Donald Peterman; Ronald W. Browne; Alric Edens; Eduardo Ricci
Language	English
Plot	Kolchak was originally two made-for-TV movies that aired in the early 70's, and featured the adventures of Carl Kolchak, a down-on-the heels reporter who ran afoul of a vampire in Las Vegas and an alchemist in Seattle. These movies proved popular enough that they were spun off into a series, which placed Kolchak in Chicago with the Independent News Service. Each week for 20 weeks he investigated various supernatural and supranatural creatures, ranging from aliens to vampires to Aztec sacrificial cults. Although it only lasted one season on ABC, Kolchak has remained a cult favorite and been kept alive through the efforts of creator Jeffrey Grant Rice, Mark Dawidziak, and the folks at Moonstone Comics, who have two Kolchak comics going (see Links). There's an anthology of Kolchak stories coming out this year and discussion of a new Night Stalker (2005) series produced by The X-Files's Frank Spotnitz for ABC.
Producer	Cy Chermak; Paul Playdon
Writer	David Chase; Michael Kozoll
Subtitles	English; English (Closed Captioned); English (SDH); Spanish