Kolchak: The Night Stalker was premiered on the 13th of September 1974 and ended on the 1st of August 1975 It tackles the exploits of a newspaper reporter who investigates crimes with unlikely causes and that authorities would not waste time to pursue and accept that it had happened.
The Night Stalker is definitely dated. The stories seem so innocent compared to today’s primetime scripts. The special effects, though wisely minimal, are cheesy at best. The leading man doesn’t look like he just came off a GQ photo shoot. Yes, it’s admittedly a dated relic — but charmingly so. Like a pair of old, soft slippers the Kolchak DVD is a welcome friend on a cold September day.
Carl Kolchak played by Darren McGavin who was described by his editor Tony Vincenzo played by Simon Oakland as a 'has-been big-city reporter'. He does have a girlfriend named Gail Foster played by Carol Lynley which recounts the number of times that Kolchak has been fired, twice in Washington, three times in New York, twice in Chicago, and three times in Boston. He has been blackmailed by the Las Vegas police and never to return to Las Vegas again and that causes for him to be out of job once again and her girlfriend has also been asked to leave town and expend his savings in an attempt to find her, unfortunately he is unsuccessful.
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