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Kolchak, der Nachtjäger - Der Nachtjäger - The Night Stalker (TV-Serie)

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Kolchak ist ein Journalist in Chicago, er ermittelt immer wieder in mysteriösen Todesfällen, die ihn fast schon magisch anziehen. Sein Redaktor Tony Vincenzo findet das nicht wirklich gut, denn die Geschichten die daraus entstehen sind zu fantastisch. Zudem kriegt Kolchak ständig Probleme mit der Polizei, weil seine Ermittlungen etwas fragwürdig sind...

Nach den Fernsehfilmen wurde eine Serie zusammengestellt, die aber kaum über ein ausreichendes Budget verfügte. Spielte die Story im ersten Film noch in Vegas, sind wir hier in Chicago und das Redaktionsbüro ist ein kleiner Abstellraum, nicht mehr ein Grossraumbüro. Die ersten Folgen sind noch interessant, doch es gibt keine Variation, hier spielt ständig die gleiche Geschichte, nur das Thema ändert sich: es passiert etwas, Kolchak wird aufmerksam, Kolchak ermittelt, kriegt Probleme mit Polizei, Kolchak stellt seinen Artikel Vincenzo vor der beinahe einen Herzinfarkt kriegt, Kolchak geht auf Tätersuche... Schlichtweg wird durchgehend die selbe Story erzählt, ohne das es irgendwie eine Wendung oder sonst was gebe, was der Serie natürlich abträglich war. Zudem ist hier Kolchak alleine, im ersten Film hatte er wenigstens noch eine Partnerin. Fazit: Zuerst interessant, doch dann beginnen die Episoden zu langweilen, weil es keine Variation gibt. Sicher ist die Serie aber Wegbegleiter für folgende TV-Serien die im Mystery Bereich spielen. Die DVD bietet keine nennenswerten Extras.
 

Hintergrundinfos:
Der Film basiert auf einer Idee von Jeffrey Grant Rice. Gedreht wurde, unter anderem, in Chicago Illinois USA.

Zu vergleichen mit „Kolchak Movie 01, 02“, „Kolchak, der Nachtjäger (TV-Serie)“.

US. TV-Serie 1974-1975
Genre: Krimi, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci Fi
Regie: Don Weis, Allen Baron, Alexander Grasshoff, Don McDougall, Michael Caffey, Gordon Hessler, Bruce Kessler, Gene Levitt, Vincent McEveety, Seymour Robbie, Robert Scheerer
Drehbuch: David Chase, Rudolph Borchert, John Huff, L. Ford Neale, Bill S. Ballinger, Jimmy Sangster, Arthur Rowe, Dirk Wayne Summers, Michael Kozoll, Dennis Lynton Clark, Alvin R. Friedman, Zekial Marko, Tim Maschler, Donn Mullally, Paul Playdon, Bill Stratton, Steve Fisher, Bob Gale, Stephen Lord, Paul A. Magistretti, Robert Zemeckis
Produzent: Cy Chermak, Paul Playdon, Darren McGavin
Darsteller/in:
Darren McGavin - Carl Kolchak*
Simon Oakland – Redaktionsleiter Tony Vincenzo*
Jack Grinnage - Ron Updyke
Ruth McDevitt - Emily Cowles/Elderly Woman
Craig R. Baxley - Staff Sgt. Rolf Anderson/Mr. R.I.N.G.*
John Fiedler - Gordy/Gordon Spangler*
Carol Ann Susi - Monique Marmelstein
Don Mantooth - Tim Brennan/Policeman
Dennis McCarthy - Ballistics Man/The Figure
Keith Walker - 1st Reporter/TV Reporter
Bill Deiz - Second Reporter/2nd Reporter
Keenan Wynn - Capt. Joe 'Mad Dog' Siska
Ramon Bieri - Captain Joe Baker/Captain Webster
Richard Kiel - The Diablero/The Monster
Ned Glass - Jo/Superintendent*
Vince Howard - Policeman
Alyscia Maxwell - Freshman Reporter/3rd Reporter
Alice Backes - Dr. Shropell/Elena Munoz
Barry Cahill - Murray Vernon/Dr. Alan Ross
Mickey Gilbert - Nanautzin, the Mummy/The Ripper
Bruce Powers - Peters/First Policeman
Hunter von Leer - Don Rhiner/Blond Football Player
Scott Douglas - Major Taylor/Second Reporter
Tom Skerritt - Robert W. Palmer
William Smith - Jim Elkhorn*
William Daniels - Police Lt. Jack Matteo*
James Gregory - Captain Quill*
Dick Gautier - Mel Tarter
Charles Aidman - Police Captain Leo Winwood*
Phil Silvers - Harry Starman*
Fred Beir - Ryder Bond
Beatrice Colen - Jane Plumm
Julie Adams - Mrs. Walker*
Nina Foch - Madame Trevi*
Kathie Browne - Lieutenant Irene Lamont
Larry Linville - Captain Jonas*
John Dehner - Capt. Vernon Rausch*
John Marley - Captain Maurice Molnar*
Cathy Lee Crosby - Helen Surtees*
Henry Jones - Captain Julian Wells*
Mary Wickes - Dr. Bess Winestock*
Elaine Giftos - Nurse Janis Eisen
Philip Carey - Sgt. Mayer*
Murray Matheson - Mr. Lane-Marriot
Julie Gregg - Susan Driscoll
Severn Darden - Dr. Aaron Pollack*
Suzanne Charny - Catherine Rawlins
Joseph Sirola - Benjamin Sposato*
Hans Conried - Mendel Boggs*
Pat Harrington Jr. - Thomas Kitzmiller
Pippa Scott - Tillie Jones
Art Metrano - Henry 'Studs' Spake*
Corinne Camacho - Dr. Leslie Dwyer
Dwayne Hickman - Sergeant Orkin
Albert Paulsen - Dr. James Verhyden*
Marvin Miller - Lecturer
Jackie Vernon - Coach Toomey
Nita Talbot - Paula Griffin*
David Doyle – Cardinale*
John Doucette - Deputy Sample*
Alice Ghostley - Dr. Agnes Temple*
Randy Boone - Gene the Fiddler
Tom Drake - Don Kibbey
Val Bisoglio - Victor Friese*
Abraham Sofaer - Ali Lakshmi*
Maureen Arthur - Woman Speaker
Ellen Weston - Lorraine Palmer
Kathleen Freeman - Bella Sarkof*
John Hoyt - Dr. Beckwith*
Sharon Farrell - Lila Morton*
Bernie Kopell - Doctor Gravanites
Sorrell Booke - Mr. Eddy*
Katherine Woodville - Dr. Helen Lynch*
Bert Freed - Capt. Akins*
Robert Emhardt - Roger - Coat of Arms Dealer
Kristina Holland - Rosalind Winters
Eric Braeden - Bernhardt Stieglitz*
Madlyn Rhue - Maria
Dick Van Patten - Alfred Brindle
J. Pat O'Malley - Caretaker
Michael Strong - Walter Green
Ken Lynch - Capt. Warren
Victor Jory - Charles Rolling Thunder*
Johnny Silver - Pepe LaRue
Benny Rubin - Julius 'Buck' Fineman
Jan Murray - Ichabod Grace
Jamie Farr - Jack Burton*
Carolyn Jones - The Registrar*
Jeff Donnell - Maura
Lara Parker - Madelaine Perkins
Don 'Red' Barry - Tyrell Security Guard*
Frank Aletter - Norman Kahill
Frank Marth - Colonel Brody
George Savalas – Kaz*
Victor Campos - Professor Jaime Rodriguez
Larry Storch - Swede
Mews Small - Masseuse
Robert Yuro - Detective Webster
Shelly Novack - Officer York
Tom Bosley - Jack Flaherty*
Andrew Prine - Prof. C. Evan Spate*
Jay Robinson - Prof. Eli Strig
Kathleen Nolan - Faye Kruger
Virginia Vincent - Mrs. Markoff
Barry Gordon - Barry the Waiter
Antonio Fargas - Sweetstick Weldon*
Joyce Jillson - Diana Lanier
David Lewis – Auctioneer*
John Myhers - Senator James Talbot
Barbara Rhoades - The Secretary
Erik Estrada - Pepe Torres*
Jesse White - Security Guard*
Shug Fisher - Pop Stenvold
Cliff Norton - Arnie Wisemore
Jeanne Cooper - Dr. Kline
Scatman Crothers - Uncle Filemon*
Marvin Kaplan - Delgado
Jackie Russell - Wendy
Milt Kamen - Gingrich
Rob Berger - Mail Boy
Richard Bakalyan - The 1st Killer
Jim Backus - Herb Bresson*
Henry Beckman - Senator Stephens
Frank Campanella - Ted Chapman
Carlos Romero - George Andrews
Jeannie Bell - Rosetta
Lieux Dressler - Minerva Musso*
Lenore Kasdorf – Girl*
Roberta Collins - Det. Cortazzo
William Mims - Officer Hale
Paulene Myers - Marie Juliette 'Mamalois' Edmonds
Lewis Charles - George Levitt
Rudy Challenger - Stanley Wedemyer
Douglas Fowley - The Super*
Margaret Avery - Ruth Van Galen*
Robert Easton - Bernard Carmichael
Eddie Firestone - Conventioneer
C. Lindsay Workman - Dr. Fisk
Udana Power - Capt. Madge Timmins
Bryan O'Byrne - Charles - Butler
Carmen Zapata - Spanish Woman
Virginia Gregg - Dr. Hollenbeck
Phil Leeds - Howard Gough*
Anne Whitfield - Call Girl
Bob Hastings – Hallem*
James Griffith - Schwartz
Robert DoQui - Park Policeman
John Alvin - Dr. Carrie
Joshua Shelley - George
Clint Young - Driver
Earl Faison - The Zombie
Sondra Currie - Vicky
Priscilla Morrill - Griselda
Lew Brown - 1st Detective
Maidie Norman – Librarian*
Regis Cordic - Dr. Peel
Sidney Clute - Bruce Krause
Maria Grimm - Maria Vanegas
Michael Richardson - Mervin
Len Lesser - Crowley
Robert Cornthwaite - Dr. Hartfield*
Brian Avery - Record Producer
Jim Goodwin - Frank Rivas
Army Archerd - Man
Dick Patterson - Stephan Wald
Steve Franken – Neil*
Henry Brandon - The Man*
Byron Morrow - Dr. Cowan
Gregg Palmer - Sgt. Buxbaum*
Penny Santon - Mother
Ben Masters - Mike Thompson
Cal Bartlett - Officer Earl Lyons
Michael Fox - Frank Wesley
Stanley Adams – Bartender*
Fritz Feld – Waiter*
Dort Clark - Gribbs
Ben Frommer - The Monk
Maurice Marsac - Henri Villon
Eric Server - Officer Boxman
Selma Archerd - Woman
Carol Veazie - Mrs. Sherman
Morris Buchanan - Guard
James Murtaugh - Manager
Joey Aresco - Electric Larry
Milton Parsons - Mozart
Ed McCready - 1st Reporter
Henry Slate - 2nd Killer
Ernesto Macias - Andrew Gomez
Elisabeth Brooks - Lab Assistant
John Bleifer – Charlie*
Melissa Greene - 1st Girl
Patricia Estrin - Felicia Porter
Noel De Souza - Chandra
Heath Jobes - Radioman
Roland Bob Harris - Poppy
Bill Welsh - T.V. Announcer
Tony Rizzo - Leon Van Heusen
Peter Leeds - Photographer
Sandra Gould - Landlady
Robert Casper - Prof. Jones
Read Morgan - Man
Jimmy Murphy - Beaner
James Ingersoll - 1st Young Man
John Elerick - Mark Hansen
Greg Finley - Dr. Phillips
Herb Vigran - Mr. Sol Goldstein
Jimmy Hawkins - Jay Remy*
Bill Baldwin - 1st Reporter
Marilyn Clarke - Hostess
Dianne Harper - 2nd Girl
Reb Brown - 2nd Young Man*
Davis Roberts - Coroner
Al Checco - Nils
Jack Bernardi - Otto
Mina Vasquez - Rita Torres
Jim Drum - Leo J. Ramutka
Beverly Gill - Melody
Tom Moses - Dr. Gordon
John Mitchum – Janitor*
Naomi Stevens - Mrs. Miriam Goldstein*
Gail Bonney - Barham
Dorrie Thomson - Lona
Don Carter - Lester Nash
Jim Malinda - Snow White
Joss White - Secretary
Robert Karnes - Officer Thomas
Barbara Graham - Laurie
Diana Quick - Ariel
Merrie Lynn Ross - Nina
Brunetta Barnett - Nurse
Ellaraino - Receptionist
Margie Impert - Betty Walker
Iris Edwards - The Girl
Martha Manor - Reporter/Maria's Client
Paul Baxley - Cop on Stairs/Dr. Jules Copenik
Bob Harks - Hotel Guest/Barbershop Patron
Norman Stevans - Reporter/Cornelius
Chuck Waters - Warrior #3/William Pratt
Al Beaudine - Citizen/Hotel Guest
Daniel Elam - Reporter/Ship Passenger
Walter Smith - Reporter/Arcade Patron
Murray Pollack - Auction Attendee/Worker
Rick Warick - Security Guard/Worker
Tony Santoro - Reporter/Ship Passenger
Mel Gold - Reporter/Detective
Leoda Richards - Police Officer's Mother/Ship Passenger
Edwin Rochelle - Waiter/Man Talking to Vince
Tony Regan - Scientist/Reporter
Robert Hitchcock - Exhibit Guest/Ship Passenger
Eddie Garrett - Hotel Guest/Bus Driver
Jimmy Joyce - George, Second Watchman/Man Talking
Gary Baxley - Humanoid/Willie Pike
Marcello Clay - Reporter
Paul V. Picerni Jr. - Pedestrian/Waiter
Chester Hayes - Stage Manager/Workman
Kathryn Janssen - Auction Attendee/Plane Passenger
Benjie Bancroft - Guard/Detective
Joe Pine - Antique Shop Customer/Observer on Street
Ted Christy - Arcade Patron/Worker
Bob Golden - Detective Tackwood/Policeman
Len Felber - Bartender/Detective
Peter Eastman - Mr. Ludlow/Antique Shop Customer
Gary Bohn - Citizen/Observer on Street
Bob Templeton - Reporter/Attorney
Eddie Smith - Forklift Driver/Hotel Guest
Nick Borgani - Mourner/Lecture Guest
Tom Anfinsen - Exhibit Guest/Guard
Dick Warlock - Policeman
Ted White - Hugo Maltz
Paul Sorensen - Officer Prodman
Nick Dimitri - Football Player
Sam Edwards - Mailman
Charlie Picerni – Bartender*
Tony Epper - Andrew Garth
John Dennis - Second Maintenance Engineer
Stuart Nisbet - Hotel Manager
Rudy Diaz - Sgt. Villaverde
Duke Fishman - Passerby
Ike Jones - First Maintenance Engineer
Ray Ballard - Bernie Efron
Troy Melton - Desk Sgt.
Frieda Rentie - Reporter
Barbara Morrison - Lucy LaPont Addison
Larry Carr - Reporter
Hank Robinson - Police Officer
Michael Jeffers - Patient
Ken Renard - Bruno
Cosmo Sardo - Reporter
Steven Marlo - Sailor
Walt Davis - Officer Mason
Dick Cherney - George Mason
Riza Royce - Mrs. Charlotte Elaine Van Piet
Dick Geary - Auction Guard
George Sawaya - Frankie Markoff
Denise Dillaway - Ripper victim Debbie Fielder
Cathey Paine - Ripper victim Stripper Michelle Shifman
Jack Berle - Rabbi
Lyn Guild - Lois Prysock
George Hickman - Janitor
Dick Enberg - Radio Anouncer (Synchronisation)
Calvin Brown - Hood
Sally Yarnell - Reporter
Lois January - Rhonda June Markay
Eugene Jackson - Reporter
Claire James - Observer on Street
Betty Endicott - Linda Courtner
Wesley Gale - Reporter
Daniel Nunez - Worker
George Tracy - Zookeeper
Robert Cole - Reporter
Jim Michael - Reporter
Don Terwilliger - Auction Attendee
Joe Ferrante - Indian
Chester Jones - Reporter
Arthur Wong - Asian Auction Attendee
Bart Greene - Auction Attendee
Paul Van - Reporter
Tim Taylor - Ship Passenger
Dee Dee Young - Reporter
Jay Loft-Lynn - Reporter
Hank Calia - Albert Berg
Marcus Smith - Man at Pool
Don Watters - Hit Man
Bob Courts - Auction Attendee
Running Deer - Indian
Dulcie Jordan - Driver's Wife
Roberta Dean - Michelle Louise Kelly
Howard Gray - Bellboy
Ross Sherman - Second Policeman
James LaSane - Officer Johnson
Gary Glanz - Philip, Stage Manager
Creed Bratton - Man Entering Laboratory
Kellye Nakahara - Lecture Guest
William O'Connell - Brewster Hocking
Barbara Luddy - Woman
Myron Healey - Col. Wright*
Robert Clarke - etective in Stairwell
Gene LeBell - Officer Tim Olson
Paul Picerni - Humane Society Man*
Alma Beltran - Mrs. Torres*
Steve Boyum - Harold 'Swordsman' Baker*
Robert Buckingham - Construction Worker
Lora Marie Taylor - Model
Pitt Herbert - Medical Examiner
Arnold Williams - Barney
John Arndt - Police Officer
George Holmes - Worker
Ralph Montgomery - Claude
Fern Barry - Mrs. Rita Baker
Jerry Brutsche - Warrior #2
David Armstrong - Fashion Show Attendee
Steve Stafford - Craig H. Donnelly*
Ron Stein - Officer Smith
Wally Rose - Warrior #1
Nico Stevens - Mourner
Alex Sharp - Detective
Clark Ross - Hotel Guest
Don Ames - Exhibit Guest
Ella Mae Brown - Lecture Guest
Mickey Golden - Reporter
Edward Coch Jr. - Construction Worker
Snag Werris - Station Attendant
Charles Fogel - Mort
Brent Dunsford - Make-Up Artist
Richard Boyer - Scientist
Teddy Blue - Demon
Carlos Molina - Carlos the Landlord
Kelly Wilder - Receptionist


Season 01:


01. Jack the Ripper - The Ripper
Min. ca. 50

02. Die Rache des Zombie - The Zombie
Min. ca. 50

03. Feinde aus dem All - They have been, they are, they will be
Min. ca. 50

04. Der Vampir - The Vampire
Min. ca. 50

05. Der Werwolf - The Werewolf
Min. ca. 50

06. Der ruhelose Geist - Firefall
Min. ca. 50

07. Teuflische Mächte - The Devil’s Platform
Min. ca. 50

08. Der Schamane des Grauens - Bad Medicine
Min. ca. 50

09. Die Macht der Gedanken - The spanish moss Murders
Min. ca. 50

10. Stromausfall - The Energy eater
Min. ca. 50

11. Der Dämon der Hindu - Horror in the Heights
Min. ca. 50

12. Superkiller - Mr. R.I.N.G.
Min. ca. 50

13. Der Ruf aus der Kälte - Primal Scream
Min. ca. 50

14. Die Schöne und Bösen - The Trevi Collection
Min. ca. 50

15. Der kopflose Rächer - Chopper
Min. ca. 50

16. Gefährlich schön - Demon in Lace
Min. ca. 50

17. Die Mumie führt zum Täter - Legacy of Terror
Min. ca. 50

18. Ritterlich gemordet - The Knightly Murders
Min. ca. 50

19. Jung gefreit … - The Youth Killer
Min. ca. 50

20. Mutterliebe - The Sentry
Min. ca. 50