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Kolchak - The Night Stalker - The Complete Series review by A customer from Plymouth, zombie heaven

Before the X-Files, came this 16 October 2006
...ds all his time chasing monsters? No wonder the boss is harassed - but the late Darren McGavin supplies an insouciant and energetic hub around which the paranormal mayhem rev... Read customer review

Darren McGavin - filmography

Small Time (1996)
Starring: Glenn Plummer, Patrick Cupo, Ernie Reyes Jr.
Director: Jeffrey Reiner
Certificate:
Ben is a small-time gangster who gets the opportunity to earn a lot of money. His boss sends him to a remote ranch with bag full of drugs and orders him to wait for the buyer. But the routine drug deal turns to disaster because of Ben's unprofessional associates.

32% from 9 members
Currently unavailable

Billy Madison - Blu-ray (1995)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel
Director: Tamra Davis
Certificate:
In order to gain control of his family's billion dollar business, a man must win a bet that he can go through grades 1-12 again in 6 months. The fact that he's a hopeless goof who failed all these grades the first time doesn't help.

63% from 622 members
Not available for rental

Billy Madison on DVD (1995)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel
Director: Tamra Davis
Certificate:
'Billy Madison' Billy, the heir to the Madison Hotel millions, decides to go back to school and make-up for lost time... In 'Bulletproof' an undercover cop befriends a car thief in a bid to catch a drug baron... In 'Happy Gilmore' Happy is a man who dreams of becoming a professional hockey player. ..read more »

64% from 10,334 members

Danielle Steel's A Perfect Stranger on DVD (1994)
Starring: Robert Urich, Stacy Haiduk, Darren McGavin
Director: Michael Miller
Certificate:
Based on the novel by Danielle Steel, this story follows Raphaela Phillips who longs for her dying husband's tender touch but finds happiness in another man's arms.

60% from 524 members

Captain America The Movie (1992)
Starring: Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty
Director: Albert Pyun
Certificate:
Captain America emerges during World War II to take on Hitler's new weapon, super agent Red Skull. Can Captain America save the White House from a deadly missile.....

42% from 316 members
Not currently released

Around The World In Eighty Days on DVD (1988)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Julia Nickson-Soul
Director: Buzz Kulik
Certificate:
A tale that centers around three unlikely heroes as they attempt to settle an outrageous wager. An eccentric London inventor, Phileas Fogg, has come up with the secrets to flight, electricity, and even roller-blades, but the world has dismissed him as a crackpot. Desperate to be taken seriously, ..read more »

54% from 496 members

From The Hip (1987)
Starring: Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt
Director: Bob Clark
Certificate:
A 25-year-old lawyer's wacky and anything-goes approach to criminal defence turns him into an overnight media sensation. Convinced of the innocence of his client, this young lawyer would stand on his head to obtain an acquittal.

58% from 35 members
Currently unavailable

Power, Passion And Murder on DVD (1987)
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Darren McGavin, Hector Elizondo
Director: Paul Bogart, Leon Ichaso
Certificate:
Set in a frenetic, shallow Hollywood of the '30s, this early Pfeiffer starrer is the story of a rising young starlet whose affair with a powerful studio boss ruins her and forces him to make the most difficult choice of his life.

44% from 15 members

Raw Deal on DVD (1986)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ed Lauter, Kathryn Harrold
Director: John Irvin
Certificate:
A Chicago Mafia is violently doing away with witness who were to incriminate them in court. Schwarzenegger is the ex-FBI agent enlisted to slip into the nefarious organisation. Violence and bloodshed ensue, as Schwarzenegger delivers his own brand of justice!

57% from 3,800 members

Raw Deal - Blu-ray (1986)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ed Lauter, Kathryn Harrold
Director: John Irvin
Certificate:
A Chicago Mafia is violently doing away with witness who were to incriminate them in court. Schwarzenegger is the ex-FBI agent enlisted to slip into the nefarious organisation. Violence and bloodshed ensue, as Schwarzenegger delivers his own brand of justice!

60% from 249 members

Turk 182 (1985)
Starring: Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, Kim Cattrall
Director: Bob Clark
Certificate:
After a fireman is severely injured while saving the life of a young child, his younger brother is forced to take on city hall when the city bureaucracy refuses to pay him his rightful pension.

54% from 9 members
Currently unavailable

The Baron And The Kid on DVD (1984)
Starring: Johnny Cash, Darren McGavin, Greg Webb
Director: Gary Nelson
Certificate:
Johnny Cash stars as the Baron, struggling to achieve his life's ambition, a pool hall of his own. Sparks fly when he discovers that his long lost son is a pool hustler...

59% from 10 members

A Christmas Story on DVD (1983)
Starring: Yano Anaya, Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon
Director: Bob Clark
Certificate:
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A Christmas Story takes us back to the innocent days of 1940s American, a time when all a young boy wants for Christmas is a BB gun. Young Ralphie has his heart set on getting one and he sets out on a full scale offensive to make sure his wish comes true.

73% from 945 members

Hangar 18 (1980)
Starring: Darren McGavin, Robert Vaughn, Gary Collins
Director: James L. Conway
Certificate:
Shortly after the launch of a satellite from a space shuttle the satellite collides with an UFO in front of the crew's eyes. Because of an election campain some politicians try to hide the crashed UFO -- inside hangar 18.

52% from 11 members
Currently unavailable

Kolchak - The Night Stalker - The Comple... (5 discs) on DVD (1974)
Starring: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Jack Grinnage
Director: none
Certificate:
A newspaper reporter investigates strange supernatural occurrences in Chicago.

66% from 333 members

The Night Stalker (1972)
Starring: Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Certificate:
A reporter hunts down a vampire in modern-day Las Vegas.

62% from 70 members
Currently unavailable

Cimarron Strip - E02 - The Legend of Jud... (1967)
Starring: Darren McGavin, Barbara Luna, Beau Bridges
Director: Vincent McEveety
Certificate:
With a little help from his old gang, widely known outlaw, Jud Starr, slips the hangman's noose and begins a law breaking rampage over the entire Cimarron Strip. Upon discovering that Starr and his gang are using the Cherokee Outlet as a place of refuge, Marshal Crown sets out to track them down. ..read more »

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The Legend Of Jud Starr on DVD (1967)
Starring: Barbara Luna, Stuart Whitman, Beau Bridges
Director: Vincent McEveety
Certificate:
Cimarron's Marshall Crown has his hands full after bad guy Jud Starr avoids being hanged and sets off on a terrifying crime spree before fleeing into hostile Indian territory. A Stuart Whitman 'Cimarron' Western.

33% from 12 members

Bullet For A Badman on DVD (1964)
Starring: Audie Murphy, Ruta Lee, Skip Homeier
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Certificate:
Logan Leliher (Audie Murphy) must capture an old friend who is now a crook to prove his innocence of murder.

63% from 27 members

Summer Magic on DVD (1963)
Starring: Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, Dorothy McGuire
Director: James Neilson
Certificate:
A vivacious young girl and her family move to Maine after a serious financial problem strikes the household. The helpful postmaster helps them move into a run-down house, whose owner is away in Europe.

70% from 296 members

The Delicate Delinquent on DVD (1957)
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Darren McGavin, Martha Hyer
Director: Don McGuire
Certificate:
Teenage janitor Sidney Pythias is on the verge of falling in with a bad crowd. Recognising his potential, police officer Mike Damon decides to recruit the lad as his apprentice.

62% from 101 members

The Man With The Golden Arm on DVD (1956)
Starring: Doro Merande, Frank Sinatra, George E. Stone
Director: Otto Preminger
Certificate:
When Otto Preminger was willing to release his drug-addiction drama Man With the Golden Arm without the sanction of a Production Code seal, it proved to be yet another nail in the coffin of that censorial dinosaur. Based on the novel by Nelson Algren, the film stars Frank Sinatra as Frankie Machine,..read more »

66% from 768 members

Summertime on DVD (1955)
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda
Director: David Lean
Certificate:
Extraordinarily beautiful, captivating romantic drama with Hepburn as a high-strung, lonely American looking for romance in extremely photogenic Venice.

66% from 618 members

Darren McGavin facts

5 most recent films

Small Time - 1.5 stars
Billy Madison - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Billy Madison - 3.0 stars
Danielle Steel's A Perfect Stranger - 3.0 stars
Captain America The Movie - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

A Christmas Story - 3.5 stars
Summer Magic - 3.5 stars
Summertime - 3.5 stars
Kolchak - The Night Stalker - The Complete Series - 3.5 stars
The Man With The Golden Arm - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Small Time - 1.5 stars
The Legend Of Jud Starr - 1.5 stars
Power, Passion And Murder - 2.0 stars
Hangar 18 - 2.5 stars
Turk 182 - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Lee Remick - 3 times - show films
Melinda Dillon - 3 times - show films
Henry Gibson - 3 times - show films
John Mills - 3 times - show films
Stephen Nichols - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Bob Clark - 4 times - show films
Buzz Kulik - 3 times - show films
Vincent McEveety - 3 times - show films
John Irvin - 2 times - show films
Jeffrey Reiner - 2 times - show films