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
Dave O’Brien as Captain Albright / Captain Midnight
Dorothy Short as Joyce Edwards
James Craven as Ivan Shark
Bryant Washburn as John Edwards
Sam Edwards as Chuck Ramsey
Guy Wilkerson as Ichabod ‘Icky’ Mudd
Luana Walters as Fury Shark
Joe Girard as Major Steel
Ray Teal as Borgman, henchman
George Pembroke as Dr. James Jordan
Chuck Hamilton as Martel, henchman
Al Ferguson as Gardo, henchman
Franklyn Farnum as G-Man Allen
George Magrill as Red, henchman
Edward Peil Sr. as Fang
Jack Perrin as Cop
Lee Shumway as G-Man Burns
Slim Whitaker as Police Car 27 patrolman