Preguntas Frecuentes

Seattle.

This film is a sequel to The Night Stalker (1972) (1972), which was set in Las Vegas.

Merissa (Regina Parton), a.k.a. Ethel Parker, a belly dancer at Omar's Tent.

Tony Vincenzo (Simon Oakland): [referrring to Kolcak] "See if there isn't someone there who looks like he just came from a road-company performance of The Front Page."

The Front Page is a cynical Broadway comedy about newspaper reporters written by Chicago newspapermen Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur in 1928. Notable film versions include The Front Page (1931) (1931), Ayuno de amor (1940) (1940) and The Front Page (1974) (1974).

See also: The Wikipedia page for The Front Page

The Daily Chronicle.

Kolcak (Darren McGavin): [referring to Mr. Crossbinder] "So that's what happened to Cotton Mather, huh?"

Mather "was a socially and politically influential Puritan minister, prolific author, and pamphleteer. . . . He is often remembered for his persecution of alleged witches." (Wikipedia)

See: The Wikipedia page for Cotton Mather.

Not to be confused with the stunt double, Cotton Mather.

Charisma Beauty, a.k.a. Gladys Wheems (Nina Wayne), and Louise Harper (Jo Ann Pflug).

He refers to the fat, masculine Wilma Krankheimer (Virginia Peters) as Charisma's "husband."

A cocktail waitress named Gail Manning (not credited: we only see her corpse).

Captain Shubert (Scott Brady) is of the Seattle police department.

Dr. Christopher Webb (Ivor Francis) is of the County Medical Examiner's Office.

Mr. Berry (Wally Cox) is "guardian of the secrets of Seattle buried in the morgue of the Daily Chronicle."

Where have I seen Wally Cox before? Older viewers, or avid DVD hunters, know him as the title character in "Mister Peepers (1952)," a TV sitcom from the 1950s. Fans of sitcom reruns know he has popped up as a guest star on many shows. Fans of game show reruns have seen him regularly on "The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965)."

Where have I heard him before? He voiced the title mutt in the TV cartoon series, "Underdog (1964)."

What does Wally Cox have to do with Marlon Brando? They were roomates before becoming famous. They remained best friends until Cox's untimely death.

Tour guide (George DiCenzo): "Kids in those days weren't raised by Dr. Spock; they were raised by the tide table."

Benjamin Spock is a physician and writer best known for his advice on child-rearing.

See: The Wikipedia page for Benjamin Spock

"There's this lady who's a teacher at the university. She teaches anthropology. She's a buff on every crazy subject there is in the world. Ghosts, demons, vampires. And ghouls, you know, just name it. You probably won't be too crazy about her, but she's gotta be the one you talk to."

Kolcak: "How can a man over a hundred years old retain his vitality? Is it possible?"

Crabwell (Margaret Hamilton): "If it were possible, I'd be sitting here an 80-year-old sexpot. However, staying young was not their purpose. Alchemy was conceived as an exalted notion - man at one with universe. These men led spartan lives, living in the most humble of quarters, eating the most humble of foods. The Count Saint-Germain for instance, existed on a diet which consisted solely of oatmeal, groats, white meat of chicken, and a little wine."

Kolcak: "Seems to me that a diet like that would make a man old before his time."

Crabwell: "On the Contrary, he remained young for a number of years, in addition to which he was said to have possessed almost superhuman strength."

Kolcak: "Tell me, what other, uh ... what other ingredients are in this elixir of life?"

Margaret Hamilton: "Milk or meat, celandine or honey, red wine vinegar, hair, sweat, blood."

Kolcak: "What kind of blood?"

Crabwell: "What do you mean, what kind of blood? Human blood, of course."

Where have I seen Margaret Hamilton before? You don't recognize the Wicked Witch of the West from El mago de Oz (1939) (1939)?

No. The vast sets for this film were just that - sets. The real Seattle underground is cramped and smelly.

See: the Wikipedia page for Seattle Underground