Stiglitz would not have been discharged from NATO but from the armed forces of his own country.
When Kolchak tries to get to the bridge he says he and the Captain served on the Yorktown in 1944. The crewman blocking his access points out that the Yorktown went down in 1942. While the first Yorktown (CV-5) was sunk at Midway in 1942, the second Yorktown (CV-10) (renamed from the Bon Homme Richard) was launched in early 1943 and earned 11 battle-stars in the Pacific theater.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is a strategic coalition of individual nations. Therefore it seems unlikely that NATO would threaten a lawsuit against Kolchak's news service.
After the werewolf is dispatched, Kolchak says that "when the old ship was scrapped, all evidence was scrapped along with her." In the next scene, he is dictating the final details into his recorder, while sitting on the dock with the ship behind him. Kolchak dictating his details in the recorder happens immediately after the ship has docked. What he said earlier about the ship being scrapped, happens after the events seen in the episode.
Kolchak makes silver bullets in his quarters. How he acquired casings, gun powder, and primers was never addressed; however, the real goof occurs when he shoots the werewolf: he uses a shotgun and is shown loading it with a shotgun shell. At best, the shotgun would riddle the animal with a bunch of BBs, not a bullet. And, the spray of BB's from a shotgun would have created a much larger wound than the one shown, even at the rather close range depicted.
In fact he got the items he needed from the Purser, who told Kolchak he get him anything for the right price. Also, it doesn't matter how big the bullet is, the only thing that would kill the werewolf is if it is made of silver blessed by a priest. As to the size of the wound, showing lots of blood was discouraged by network TV.
In fact he got the items he needed from the Purser, who told Kolchak he get him anything for the right price. Also, it doesn't matter how big the bullet is, the only thing that would kill the werewolf is if it is made of silver blessed by a priest. As to the size of the wound, showing lots of blood was discouraged by network TV.
The doctor tells Stieglitz that the ship's infirmary does not carry stronger pain killers than analgesics. Steglitz seems to have believed him, though cruise ships carry many types of pain killers and even can perform minor surgeries that would require their use.
The doctor doesn't actually say that; he says that it would be improper to give him a narcotic.
The doctor doesn't actually say that; he says that it would be improper to give him a narcotic.
The episode was filmed using a combination of the RMS Queen Mary in Los Angeles harbor, and the SS France in shots showing the ship at sea. However, there was no attempt to rename the ship. The name France remains visible on the stern of the vessel. Also, the Queen Mary has three stacks and the France only has two stacks, and a substantially different appearance.
When they show photos from Yellowstone County, Montana, a police vehicle with "Montana Sheriff" is seen. A Sheriff would be a county official, not a State one. It should have had Yellowstone instead of Montana.
The freshly poured silver bullet Kolchak dips into the glass of water should have hissed and steamed but it doesn't.
Kolchak incorrectly says that the Bikini atoll was the site of the detonation of the first atom bomb. It actually happened near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The first hydrogen bomb was detonated at the Bikini atoll, and because of that famous event, was the inspiration of the name of the two piece bathing suit.
Kolchak says that Benson Fong played an Axis spy in Across the Pacific (1942). Although Paula corrects him that the scene he remembers never happened, she doesn't correct him that Fong isn't in the film. The character Kolchak mentions was actually played by Victor Sen Yung.
Kolchak describes the "fifth column" as a Nazi spy ring. The term was actually coined by General Mola during his advance on Madrid and referred to his supporters inside the city.
It's never explained why Bernard Steiglitz, knowing that he's a werewolf and will turn into one on the voyage - because he bought chains with him in anticipation for this - would book journey on a passenger liner containing 2000 people that he could endanger.
In the closing monologue, Kolchak mentions "11 crewmen and 4 passengers attacked by the beast". There were 6 passengers shown attacked and/or dead 1) Lois Price, 2-5) 2 Couples from Wayne, Indiana, 6) Mel Tauter, his roommate.