Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series)
The Devil's Platform (1974)
Darren McGavin: Carl Kolchak
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Quotes
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Tony Vincenzo : You know, I had once planned to enter the priesthood.
Carl Kolchak : And then the Inquisition ended, and all the fun went out of it for you.
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Carl Kolchak : What don't you like about this hat?
Tony Vincenzo : What's under it.
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Carl Kolchak : The people's candidate. Fearless, independent and energetic. Why can't the people's candidate be like the rest of us - timid, insecure and lazy?
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Carl Kolchak : I was a young man when I started waiting for that elevator, but there's two things that just can't be rushed: Anyone who's paid by the hour, and an office building elevator.
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Carl Kolchak : [muttering, as he swipes Miss Emily's bottle of holy water] It's OK, Emily; God will understand - I hope.
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Carl Kolchak : The old cliche that politics makes strange bedfellows is only too true. At one time or another, various and sundry politicians have found themselves - when it proved expedient, of course - sharing a blanket with the military, organized crime, disgruntled, gun-toting dairy farmers, the church, famous athletes, the comedians; the list is endless. But there was a senatorial race not so long ago right here in Illinois where the strangest bedfellow of all was found under the sheets. The strangest... and certainly the most terrifying.
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Carl Kolchak : Tony! Tony, Palmer is evil incarnate! He is going to go all the way to the White House, to that Oval Office!
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Carl Kolchak : Uh, what's it like living with Bob?
Lorraine Palmer : He's perfect.
Carl Kolchak : I wish I were.
Lorraine Palmer : So do I. Good night!
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Carl Kolchak : Political campaigns are generally littered with pollsters and rhetoric - but this one was littered with corpses.
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Carl Kolchak : Some advice for pedestrians: when you're run over by a strange dog, if you can't get his number, at least get his license tag.