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Captain Midnight
Captain Midnight
	Theatrical release insert poster
Directed by	James W. Horne
Screenplay by	Basil Dickey; George Plympton; Wyndham Gittens; Jack Stanley
Based on	based on the radio serial; Captain Midnight
Produced by	Larry Darmour
Starring	Dave O'Brien; Dorothy Short; James Craven; Bryant Washburn
Narrated by	Knox Manning
Cinematography	James S. Brown Jr.
Edited by	Dwight Caldwell; Earl Turner
Music by	Lee Zahler
Color process	Black and white
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 15, 1942;
Running time	270 minutes; (15 episodes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Captain Midnight is a 1942 American serial film. It was Columbia Pictures 17th released serial and was based upon the radio adventure serial of the same name, broadcast from 1938 to 1949. Captain Midnight was only one of the many aviation serials released during World War II, whose leading characters were derived from early pulp magazines and radio show favorites.

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Captain Albright is an extremely skilled aviator, better known by his alter ego as Captain Midnight. He is assigned to neutralize the sinister Ivan Shark, an evil enemy scientist who is aerial bombing major American cities with his unmarked aircraft. Captain Midnight leads the Secret Squadron, whose staff includes Chuck Ramsay, Midnight's ward, and Ichabod 'Icky' Mudd, the Squadron's chief mechanic. Shark has developed a highly efficient mercenary organization. He is aided by his daughter, Fury, his highly intelligent second in command, and Gardo the henchman, and Fang, an Asian ally. Shark is after a new aviation range finder invented by the altruistic scientist, John Edwards, whose beautiful daughter, Joyce, they attempt to capture in order to blackmail the patriotic inventor. Captain Midnight and the Secret Squadron continually battle the henchmen, thwarting Shark's evil plans, while avoiding destruction at every turn by making daring escapes during the serial's 15 weekly chapters.