Captain Midnight (serial)

Captain Midnight
Theatrical release insert poster
Directed byJames W. Horne
Screenplay byBasil Dickey
George Plympton
Wyndham Gittens
Jack Stanley
Based onbased on the radio serial
Captain Midnight
Produced byLarry Darmour
StarringDave O'Brien
Dorothy Short
James Craven
Bryant Washburn
Narrated byKnox Manning
CinematographyJames S. Brown Jr.
Edited byDwight Caldwell
Earl Turner
Music byLee Zahler
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • February 15, 1942 (1942-02-15)
Running time
270 minutes
(15 episodes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.