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Night Stalker
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  • Episode aired Sep 29, 2005
  • TV-PG
  • 42m
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Stuart Townsend in Night Stalker (2005)
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Kolchak and his team investigate a series of vicious attacks at the outskirts of L.A. where possibly coyotes attack and snatch people away from their homes. Carl suspects that the attacks ma... Read allKolchak and his team investigate a series of vicious attacks at the outskirts of L.A. where possibly coyotes attack and snatch people away from their homes. Carl suspects that the attacks may be connected to the murder of his wife.Kolchak and his team investigate a series of vicious attacks at the outskirts of L.A. where possibly coyotes attack and snatch people away from their homes. Carl suspects that the attacks may be connected to the murder of his wife.

  • Director
    • Daniel Sackheim
  • Writers
    • Frank Spotnitz
    • Jeffrey Grant Rice
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    • Stuart Townsend
    • Gabrielle Union
    • Eric Jungmann
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    • Director
      • Daniel Sackheim
    • Writers
      • Frank Spotnitz
      • Jeffrey Grant Rice
    • Stars
      • Stuart Townsend
      • Gabrielle Union
      • Eric Jungmann
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    Stuart Townsend
    Stuart Townsend
    • Carl Kolchak
    Gabrielle Union
    Gabrielle Union
    • Perri Reed
    Eric Jungmann
    Eric Jungmann
    • Jain McManus
    Cotter Smith
    Cotter Smith
    • Tony Vincenzo
    Sarah Lafleur
    Sarah Lafleur
    • Trish Medlock
    Ele Keats
    Ele Keats
    • Emily Gale
    Susan Misner
    Susan Misner
    • Irene
    David Denman
    David Denman
    • Henry Gale
    Clay Wilcox
    • Ed Medlock
    John Pyper-Ferguson
    John Pyper-Ferguson
    • Agent Bernard Fain
    J. Marvin Campbell
    J. Marvin Campbell
    • Deputy
    Madeline Carroll
    Madeline Carroll
    • Julie Medlock
    Regi Davis
    Regi Davis
    • Detective
    Timothy McNeil
    Timothy McNeil
    • Coroner
    Sabin Rich
    Sabin Rich
    • Motorcycle Rider
    Marnie Bozdog
    • Waitress
    • (uncredited)
    Mike Kelly
    • Hanging Dad
    • (uncredited)
    Darren McGavin
    Darren McGavin
    • Reporter at Desk
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      • Jeffrey Grant Rice
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    • Trivia
      (at 17:00) Archive footage of Darren McGavin from the 1972 TV movie is digitally inserted into the Beacon newsroom as Stuart Townsend (the new Kolchak) walks in. The footage shows McGavin's Kolchak putting a wooden stake and a hammer into a bag, which came from a scene (at 47:05 in the TV movie) in which he is explaining to the sheriff and politicians how to kill a real vampire.
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      Edited from The Night Stalker (1972)

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    • Release date
      • September 29, 2005 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles Center Studios - 450 S. Bixel Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Big Light Productions
      • Touchstone Television
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      • 42m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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