Kolchak: The Night Stalker: Primal Scream
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7.3
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Primal Scream
- 13.
- Season: 1
- Episode: 13
- First Aired: 1/17/1975
In a oil company's laboratory, the air conditioning fails, and a primate creature attacks a scientist. Soon other murders occur. Kolchak must fight the oil company's powerful friends to find out where these creatures came from and how to stop them. Read full recap »
- Writers:
- Bill S. BallingerDavid Chase
- Director:
- Robert Scheerer
- Stars:
- Simon Oakland (Tony Vincenzo)
- Darren McGavin (Carl Kolchak)
- Recurring Role:
- Paul Baxley (Dr. Jules Copenik (uncredited))
- Craig R. Baxley (Robert Gurney)
- Jack Grinnage (Ron Updyke)
- Guest Star:
- Al Checco (Nils)
- Regis Cordic (Dr. Peel)
- Sandra Gould (Landlady)
- Vince Howard (Policeman)
- Byron Morrow (Dr. Cowan)
- Paul Picerni (Humane Society Man)
- Barbara Rhoades (Kitzmiller's Secretary)
- Chuck Waters (William Pratt)
- Arnold Williams (Barney)
- C. Lindsay Workman (Dr. Fisk)
- Jeannie Bell (Rosette Mason)
- Gary Baxley (Humanoid)
- John Marley (Captain Maurice Molnar)
- Jamie Farr (Jack Burton)
- Pat Harrington Jr. (Thomas J. Kitzmiller)
- Katherine Woodville (Dr. Helen Lynch)
- Barbara Luddy (Woman)
- During the episode, Kolchak mentions that the murder of Rosetta Mason has given the police no new leads. Yet he's the one who finds her body - at the end of the episode. Was there something at the scene that proved that Mason was dead, even without a body present? edit »
- Kolchak: (closing narration) The police and the high-priced scientific help put it together just as I did. With the proper dosage of tranquilizer, the creature became...manageable. That's a great word, isn't it? Manageable. They took it, or should I say him, a few moments ago. He's gonna be tested, studied, probed, I imagine. Captain Molnar took my camera...again, saying that I was unmanageable. But I wanna sue to get it back, and I promised myself that. And if I do, and I do get it back, and if Vincenzo will publish the story, and you see the pictures, they may not be too good. They may be blurry. They may be titilating and not convincing. You might not really want to believe them. But you go ahead. You believe them. And ask yourself, "What happened to him, to it? Will he thrive in our hands? Is he that much like us? Will they be able to make him...manageable? edit »
- Vincenzo: You know, there are times I got to admit it, Carl. You are quite a reporter.
Kolchak: What's the matter with you, Tony? Are you sick or something? You never compliment me. edit » - Updyke: Good-bye, Carl. Don't take any wooden bananas.
Kolchak: That was bad, Ron. That was very bad. edit » - (about the north)
Kolchak: It gets so frozen, so stiff up there that even the penguins wear thermal underwear. edit » - Kolchak: Ever try to deal with a giant corporation? They transfer your call here. They transfer it there. And they put you on hold. You're out in the cold. Oceanic International Oil was all that and more. edit »
- Vincenzo: ...Abbott and Costello, 1942!
Tony's sarcastic rejoinder to a bad Ron Updyke joke suggests Updyke pilfered the jape from the famous comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. This two-man comedy team started in radio and graduated to movies. Among their most famous routines is probably "Who's On First?" edit » - Landlady: I've seen apes on the Marlin Perkins show...
The landlady is doubtless referring to Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, a long-running show hosted by Marlin Perkins that weekly brought stories of animals and their behavior into homes for many years. edit » - Kolchak:...that wasn't just J. Fred Muggs out there...
Kolchak is referring to a chimpanzee who appeared on NBC's The Today Show for several years starting in 1953. Muggs' popularity is credited with saving the show in its early years. edit »
Primal Scream
The Bottom Line: "Fine example"01/24/07 10:52am | report abuseStrange creatures terrorize the city of Chicago. Kolchak battles a cover-up to get to the bottom of the story. ...Continue »
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