Darren McGavin credited as playing...
Carl Kolchak
- [last lines]
- Carl Kolchak: They booked me for murder just like I thought they would, but then after 12 hours they let me go. They never said why, but while I was sitting in Lt. Matteo's office waiting for execution, I happened to see a coroner's report on Catherine Rawlins. I quote the coroner: "The tissue structure of the individual appeared to be that of a female species human who had been dead at least three years. This is a medical conundrum for which I have no explanation." Three years!
- Police Lt. Jack Matteo: ...And on your way home you can drop off your vampire story in Transylvania!
- Carl Kolchak: This vampire didn't come from Transylvania, it came from Las Vegas.
- Carl Kolchak: [about a man who runs a collection of escorts] Ichabod thought he had added another filly to his stable of trotters. In Ichabod's parlance, his new acquisition was called a fox. He had no way of knowing she was actually more closely related to the bat.
- Carl Kolchak: Listen, tell me, uh... Tell me, Mr... Mr. Sample, what time does the coroner think that Mr. Mitchell died?
- Deputy Sample: Oh, I'd say about 5:00, 5:30 a.m. I think he lost conciseness way before then.
- Carl Kolchak: Beautiful country you got up here. Just gorgeous. Gorgeous country. Fresh, clean air, bright sunshine.
- Deputy Sample: Yes, it's very beautiful.
- Carl Kolchak: It is indeed. Tell me, what time does the sun usually come up around here?
- Deputy Sample: In the morning, early.
- Carl Kolchak: Oh, I know that! What time, about 5:00, 5:30?
- Deputy Sample: Well, it depends on the season. Why would you want to know that?
- Carl Kolchak: Because I think that's about the time Mr. Mitchell was murdered.
- Deputy Sample: You been chewing mescal? Who said he was murdered? I say he died of exposure. You know, Mitchell done stole that car in Vegas. Then he decided to repaint it, and that's why he taped the windows.
- Carl Kolchak: [looks at Mitchell's car] Where did he repaint it, huh? On the inside? I mean, that's where the windows are taped.
- [knocks against the window]
- Carl Kolchak: On the inside.
- [he and Sample laugh]
- Deputy Sample: You're one of them fellows who likes to hear himself talk, ain't you?
- Carl Kolchak: Tell me, did Mr. Mitchell have a couple of puncture marks on his throat, like fang marks?
- Deputy Sample: The last nosy fellow who come through Barstow, somebody done come out and punctured all his tires.
- Carl Kolchak: Is that a fact?
- Deputy Sample: Yes, he did.
- Carl Kolchak: Thank you very much for your advice, Mr. Sample. It's been a pleasure meeting you and your dog.
- Carl Kolchak: Oh, no! Wait a minute! No, no, I said I.N.S., not I.R.S.
- Faye Kruger: Oh.
- Carl Kolchak: Well, I.N.S. is a news service. Independent News Service.
- Faye Kruger: Oh!
- [chuckling]
- Faye Kruger: I never heard of it. But isn't that something? You know, I took Journalism at North Carolina State. And I was a reporter for a while with the Greensboro Republican. Then I had a bad marriage, and it all ended, and here I am. My name is Faye Kruger.
- Faye Kruger: You're late. We were expecting the exterminator this morning.
- Carl Kolchak: Well, late I am, but I'm not the exterminator. Although I have been known to bug a few people.