Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker Thriller Series



Casts:

  • Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak
  • Simon Oakland as Tony Vincenzo
  • Jack Grinnage as Ron Updyke
  • Ruth McDevitt as Emily Cowles
  • Paul Baxley as Cop in Alley
  • Craig R. Baxley as Mr. R.I.N.G.
  • John Fiedler as Gordy Spangler
  • Carol Ann Susi as Monique Marmelstein
  • Dennis McCarthy as Ballistics Man

Kolchak: The Night Stalker sci-fi horror tv series created by Jeffrey Grant Rice about a news reporter who happened have the skills to investigate mysterious crimes unlikely caused by supernatural legendary creatures like aliens, vampires, zombies, etc., but he often failed to convince the authorities and pursue in solving crimes. Popular crime mystery series The X-Files was well known as predecessor of the show.


Carl Kolchak was a reporter for Chicago's Independent News Service, reporting to his long-suffering Managing Editor, Tony Vincenzo. But Carl was unexplained encountering the unnatural, dealing with mystical threat and grisly related murders like blood draining, marrow loss, old age, spine snapping or victims died in medieval weaponry, often turn his investigation to suspect supernatural beings like vampires, werewolves, aliens, zombies, underworld creatures, Aztec sacrificial cults, etc. His work was being wasted as his skeptical editor Tony and proper authorities didn't believe in his explanations and were considered as overworked imaginations.


The series completed 20 60-minute episodes plus 2 pilot movies lasted in one season ran from September 1974 to March 1975 on ABC.

Monday, May 28, 2007

How The West Was Won

How The West Was Won TV Series

Casts:

  • James Arness as Zeb Macahan
  • Fionnula Flanagan as Molly Culhane
  • Bruce Boxleitner as Luke Macahan
  • Kathryn Holcomb as Laura Macahan
  • Vicki Schreck as Jessie Macahan
  • William Kirby Cullen as Josh Macahan

How The West Was Won western action tv series loosely based on 1963 film with the same name, about cavalry scout who turned as father for his four nieces and nephews left by his late brother, they now deal with frontier life problems with nature, Indians and town under civil war.


Ten years from rugged mountain, Zeb Macahan returned to his brother Timothy in Virginia to help for long trip of his brother's family but unfortunately, Timothy and his wife Kate killed on the journey when Civil War began on their way. Zeb orphaned Luke the eldest, Laura who turning in her womanhood, tomboyish Jessie and the youngest teenager Josh, with the help of Kate's widowed sister Molly, they make it through hardships, dangers and perils caused by renegades, nature and Indians, plus Luke being accused as murderer after defensing himself but killing three men, Zeb has to rescue and help Luke to prove his innocence.


The show completed 3 seasons with 25 episodes aired from February 1977 to April 1979.