September 1974 – December 1974, Friday
10:00-11:00 on ABC
January 1975 – July 1975, Friday 8:00-9:00 on
ABC
August
1975, Saturday 8:00-9:00 on ABC
Cast
Carl
Kolchak..... Darren
McGavin
Tony
Vincenzo..... Simon
Oakland
Ron Updyke.....
Jack Grinnage
Emily
Cowles..... Ruth
McDevitt
Gordy
Spangler..... John
Fiedler
Monique
Marmelstein..... Carol Ann
Susi
SYNOPSIS
Stories of
the bizarre and supernatural, seen through the eyes of Carl Kolchak, a crime
reporter for Chicago’s Independent News Service. The series was an odd mixture
of reality and fantasy, with wisecracking reporter Kolchak and his commonsense
investigations juxtaposed with inexplicable happenings.
Instead of
the usual hoods, Kolchak kept running into vampires, werewolves, zombies, and
other esoteric phenomena. If he was sent to cover a crooked politician, he would
find that the man had sold his soul to the Devil – literally. If he was covering
a museum opening, a 500-year-old Aztec mummy would come to life. Kolchak’s main
trouble was convincing his skeptical editor, Tony Vincenzo, to print his
incredible revelations.
Kolchak
was based on the highly successful TV movie of the same name. It premiered,
appropriately enough, on Friday 13th, but lasted for only a single season.
