Captain Midnight (serial)
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Duration Country United States | 6.8/10 Genre Action, Adventure Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1942 (1942) Prequel Holt of the Secret Service Sequel Perils of the Royal Mounted Cast (Captain Albright / Captain Midnight), (Joyce Edwards), (Ivan Shark), (Chuck Ramsey), (Ichabod 'Icky' Mudd), (John Edwards) Similar movies Related James W Horne movies |
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.
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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.
Chapter titles

- Mysterious Pilot
- The Stolen Range Finder
- The Captured Plane
- Mistaken Identity
- Ambushed Ambulance
- Weird Waters
- Menacing Fates
- Shells of Evil
- The Drop to Doom
- The Hidden Bomb
- Sky Terror
- Burning Bomber
- Death in the Cockpit
- Scourge of Revenge
- 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.
References
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