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The Night Stalker (1972)
Country of Origin:
USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 11 January 1972
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 74 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: ABC
Producer: Dan Curtis
Production Manager: Neil T. Maffeo
SCRIPT
Script: Richard Matheson
DIRECTION
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Assistant Director: Christopher Seitz
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Michel Hugo
Gaffer: Ralph McCarthy
Key Grip: Lloyd Isbell
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Desmond Marquette
Assistant Editor: Mike Crumplar
MUSIC
Music: Bob Cobert
SOUND
Sound Mixer: Harold Lewis
Supervising Sound Editor: Charles L. Campbell
Sound Editor: Roger Sword
Sound System: Westrex Recording System
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Jerry Cash
Hair: Gae J. Clark
Costume Designers: Betsy Cox, John S. Perry
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Trevor Williams
Set Decorator: Fred Price
Property Master: Robert M. Anderson
Construction Coordinator: Hendrik Wynands
MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Lily La Cava
Assistant to Producer: Bob Singer
LOCATIONS
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, California, USA STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Dick Ziker
Stunts: Eddie Hice, Hal Needham, Ronnie Rondell
CASTING
Casting: Hoyt Bowers
CAST
Darren McGavin (Carl Kolchak)
Carol Lynley (Gail Foster)
Simon Oakland (Tony Vincenzo)
Ralph Meeker (Bernie Jenks)
Claude Akins (Sheriff Warren Butcher)
Charles McGraw (Chief Ed Masterson)
Kent Smith (District Attorney Tom Payne)
Stanley Adams (Fred Hurley)
Elisha Cook Jr (Mickey Crawford)
Larry Linville (Medical Examiner Robert Makurji)
Jordan Rhodes (Dr John O'Brien)
Barry Atwater (Janos Skorzeny)
Edward Faulkner (Las Vegas policeman - uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
Newspapaer journalist Carl Kolchak investigates a series of gruesome
murders of young women in Las Vegas – all of the bodies have
been found drained of blood and Kolchak comes to believe that the
killer might be a vampire. Of course, everyone thinks that he's
insane and it's up to Kolchak to both prove them wrong and stop
the killer before he strikes again.
CAPSULE REVIEW
One of the best genre TV movies of the 1970s which admirably overcomes
the limitations of the medium thanks to a taut script from Matheson
and creepy, atmospheric direction from Moxey. The cast is excellent
and the brooding score is a plus too. Rightly regarded as a horror
classic.
AVAILABILITY
USA
Television Distributor: ABC
Video Distributors: Anchor Bay Entertainment; CBS / Fox; Magnum Video
DVD Distributor: Anchor Bay (V10502)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
UK
Rating: PG (1998)
USA
Rating: unrated
TIMELINE
1972
January
11: USA - television broadcast
1998
July
28: USA - DVD release (Anchor Bay (V10502))
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The Kolchak Papers – early title
The Kolchak Tapes - working title
Una storia allucinante – Italian title
AWARDS
1973
Edgar Allan Poe Awards, USA
Edgar Best Television Feature or Miniseries (Richard Matheson) - winner
LINKS
SEQUELS
The Night Strangler (1973)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
SEE ALSO
Crackle of Death (1976)
The Norliss Tapes (1973)
Scream 3 (2000) KEYWORDS
las vegas, journalists, newspapers, reporters, serial killers,
vampires
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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