Captain Midnight (serial)

Captain Midnight
Directed by	James W. Horne
Produced by	Larry Darmour
Written by	Basil Dickey George Plympton Wyndham Gittens Jack Stanley Screenplay, based on the radio serial of the same name created by Wilfred G. Moore and Robert M. Burtt.
Starring	Dave O'Brien Dorothy Short James Craven Bryant Washburn Sam Edwards Guy Wilkerson
Narrated by	Knox Manning
Music by	Lee Zahler
Cinematography	James S. Brown Jr. Black and white
Edited by	Dwight Caldwell Earl Turner
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	1942 (1942)
Running time	270 minutes 15 episodes
Country	United States
Language	English

Captain Midnight (1942) was the 17th serial released by Columbia Pictures. It was based upon the radio adventure serial of the same name broadcast from 1938 to 1949.

Plot

Captain Midnight was only one of the many aviation serials released in wartime whose leading characters were derived from early pulp magazines and radio favorites. In this serial, Captain Albright is an extremely skilled aviator better known as Captain Midnight, who is assigned to neutralize the sinister Ivan Shark, an evil enemy scientist who is bombing major American cities. Our hero leads the Secret Squadron, whose staff includes Chuck Ramsay who is Midnight's ward and Ichabod 'Icky' Mudd, the Squadron's chief mechanic. Shark has developed a highly efficient mercenary organization, being aided by his daughter Fury who is highly intelligent and second in command, Gardo the henchman and Fang, an Oriental ally. Unfortunately, Shark is after a new range finder invented by the altruistic scientist, John Edwards, whose beautiful daughter, Joyce, the villains attempt to capture to blackmail the inventor.

Cast

Chapter titles

1. Mysterious Pilot
2. The Stolen Range Finder
3. The Captured Plane
4. Mistaken Identity
5. Ambushed Ambulance
6. Weird Waters
7. Menacing Fates
8. Shells of Evil
9. The Drop to Doom
10. The Hidden Bomb
11. Sky Terror
12. Burning Bomber
13. Death in the Cockpit
14. Scourge of Revenge
15. The Fatal Hour

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Release

This serial was released in Latin America in November 1942, under the title El Capitán Medianoche, in English with Spanish subtitles.

See also

• List of film serials by year
• List of film serials by studio

References

External links

• AllMovie.com
• Cinefania.com
• eMoviePoster.com
• Captain Midnight at the Internet Movie Database