Primal Scream
- Episode aired Jan 17, 1975
- 50m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
446
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Ancient cells discovered in the arctic give rise to a carnivorous lifeform, and a cover-up.Ancient cells discovered in the arctic give rise to a carnivorous lifeform, and a cover-up.Ancient cells discovered in the arctic give rise to a carnivorous lifeform, and a cover-up.
Pat Harrington Jr.
- Thomas Kitzmiller
- (as Pat Harrington)
Katherine Woodville
- Dr. Helen Lynch
- (as Katharine Woodville)
Jeannie Bell
- Rosetta
- (as Jeanie Bell)
C. Lindsay Workman
- Dr. Fisk
- (as Lindsay Workman)
Craig R. Baxley
- Robert Gurney
- (uncredited)
Gary Baxley
- Humanoid
- (uncredited)
Paul Baxley
- Dr. Jules Copenik
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago was instrumental in the development of the atomic bombs that were used in WWII. The world's first controlled nuclear chain reaction took place there just before World War II.
- GoofsCarl makes a joke about drilling so far north that penguins would need thermal underwear. Penguins only live in the Southern hemisphere.
- Quotes
Ron Updyke: It seems some dangerous animals did escape, including two large apes, a pair of adult African gibbons, as well as a Malayan tiger, a civet cat, and a pie-cost.
Tony Vincenzo: What's a pie-cost?
Ron Updyke: 89 cents.
[chuckles]
- ConnectionsFeatures The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
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Killer ape
One of the few times that I could have tolerated a description of apes being both violent and carnivorous is in this Kolchak story. In so many science fiction items apes are killers and aggressive. Actually they are vegetarians and shy though they fill to defend themselves.
But Darren McGavin is dealing with some cells that grew overnight into a killer ape. They were found at an Arctic oil drilling site and they came to grow when the cooling system at the lab in Chicago failed.
Once again McGavin is feuding with all, be it boss Simon Oakland or the police in the person of John Marley. He also is unusually ingenious and sneaky in his pursuit of the story.
It's the Kolchak I like to see.
But Darren McGavin is dealing with some cells that grew overnight into a killer ape. They were found at an Arctic oil drilling site and they came to grow when the cooling system at the lab in Chicago failed.
Once again McGavin is feuding with all, be it boss Simon Oakland or the police in the person of John Marley. He also is unusually ingenious and sneaky in his pursuit of the story.
It's the Kolchak I like to see.
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- bkoganbing
- Sep 17, 2017
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- Old Colony Building, 37 W Van Buren St, Chicago, IL 60605, United States(INS office exterior in Chicago where elevated train passes by)
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