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The Best Episodes of Captain Midnight

Every episode of Captain Midnight ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Captain Midnight!

Captain Midnight is an American televisions series that aired on CBS from September 9, 1954 to January 21, 1956. The series stars Richard Webb as...
Genre:Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:CBS

Best Episodes Summary

"Arctic Avalanche" is the best rated episode of "Captain Midnight". It scored 7.9/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by D. Ross Lederman and written by N/A, it aired on 1/29/1955. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "Isle of Mystery".

  • Arctic Avalanche
    7.9/109 votes
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    #1 - Arctic Avalanche

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/29/1955

    Captain Midnight and Ikky are returning from a mission to the North Pole. They are persuaded to fly a sick Eskimo to a medical facility. When they get to the Eskimo's remote cabin, they are taken hostage by enemy agents.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • Isle of Mystery
    7.3/108 votes
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    #2 - Isle of Mystery

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/20/1954

    The queen of a small island named Luana withdraws her permission for the US to conduct atomic tests in her territory. Captain Midnight and Ikky are sent in to discover the reason why.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • Sabotage Under The Sea
    7.2/107 votes
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    #3 - Sabotage Under The Sea

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/13/1954

    Captain Midnight goes to the bottom of the ocean to search for an experimental missle that has disappeared. An enemy submarine is detected hiding underwater.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • Mystery of the Forest
    7.2/107 votes
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    #4 - Mystery of the Forest

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/5/1955

    Captain Midnight and Ikky go to timber country in the Pacific Northwest in order to investigate the largest non-nuclear explosion in history. They pose as lumberjacks and uncover a chemical compound which when added to wood creates a cheap and powerful explosion. Captain Midnight must stop the men behind the chemical or the balance of power in the world may be altered.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • Peril from the Arctic
    7.2/107 votes
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    #5 - Peril from the Arctic

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 2/26/1955

    On a mission to Alaska, Captain Midnight and Ikky respond to a Mayday message. They make a landing in the remote northwest and discover a cabin where a renegade scientist is experimenting with an anti-magnetic force which is intended to form the basis of a military attack against the United States.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • Sunken Sapphires
    7.2/107 votes
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    #6 - Sunken Sapphires

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/1955

    Captain Midnight and Ikky help and young woman and her brother in recovering a cache of jewels. They use Tut's Omni Counter. Once the jewels are recovered Captain Midnight and Ikky must battle thugs to keep it.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Curse of the Pharaohs
    7.0/107 votes
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    #7 - The Curse of the Pharaohs

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/27/1954

    Captain Midnight is brought to Egypt by the daughter of an eminent archaeologist. He investigates the archaeologist's mysterious disappearance and the curse of the pharaohs.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Electrified Man
    7.0/109 votes
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    #8 - The Electrified Man

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/11/1954

    An eminent refugee scientists asks that Secret Squadron headquarters be put at his disposal while he perfects his new process. The scientist is working on a countermeasure against the Radioactive Dust bomb. The process requires that the scientist be exposed to high levels of electrical energy. When the scientist exceeds tolerable limits of electricity, he comes incredibly dangerous.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • Doctors of Doom
    7.0/108 votes
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    #9 - Doctors of Doom

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/1955

    Captain Midnight investigates the report of a giant roaming around a small Maryland town. The investigation leads to a sanitarium where the only residents are nuclear scientists who have been turned into scientific slaves for the benefit of a sinister foreign power.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • Mission to Mexico
    6.9/1011 votes
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    #10 - Mission to Mexico

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/1955

    Captain Midnight and Ikky go to Mexico to find an enemy radio station. The last intercepted message from the station referred to a shipment of fissionable materials that may prove a danger to the United States.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: Wallace Bosco

  • Trapped Behind Bars
    6.8/107 votes
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    #11 - Trapped Behind Bars

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/16/1954

    Captain Midnight and Ikky go undercover gehind prison bars to learn the secret of a series of prison riots. Another riot leads to Captain Midnight and Ikky escaping along with a band of prisoners. The Secret Squadron learns that the riots are part of a foreign plot against the United States.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • Saboteurs of the Sky
    6.8/107 votes
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    #12 - Saboteurs of the Sky

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 2/19/1955

    Captain Midnight investigates the kidnapping of a Secret Squadron member and her father who is a famous scientist who has developed a method of creating hurricanes.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • Secret of Superstition Mountain
    6.8/107 votes
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    #13 - Secret of Superstition Mountain

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/1955

    Captain Midnight and Ikky stumble on a hidden treasure while prospecting for uranium in Arizona. Ghostly apparitions, however, seem intent on robbing them of their discovery.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadly Diamonds
    6.4/107 votes
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    #14 - Deadly Diamonds

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1954

    Captain Midnight and the Secret Squadron track down a dangerous group of diamond smugglers. The assignment is made easier with the help of one of Tut's inventions, an Omni Counter, which reacts to precious gems and metals.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: Wallace Bosco

  • Counterfeit Millions
    6.4/107 votes
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    #15 - Counterfeit Millions

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/23/1954

    When counterfeit bills begin to flood into the United States, Captain Midnight discovers that a trucking company is being used as a means of distribution.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: Malcolm Stuart Boylan

  • Secret of the Jungle
    6.4/107 votes
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    #16 - Secret of the Jungle

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/6/1954

    Captain Midnight and Ikky pay a visit to Tut who is busy in Africa collecting rare plant and soil samples. Hoping for a peaceful vacation, the Secre Squadron instead encounters the mystery of a stolen idol, a plot to foment native unrest, and a rich uranium deposit.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mark of Death
    6.4/107 votes
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    #17 - The Mark of Death

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/22/1955

    Captain Midnight goes to India to deliver a goodwill message at the invitation of Bengra Tassi. When Captain Midnight and Ikky get to India they discover Tassi has been kidnapped by ""The Executioner"". Captain Midnight must rescue Tassi before it is too late.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Frozen Men
    6.4/109 votes
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    #18 - The Frozen Men

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/1955

    A famous scientist who is working on a new metal that may be the key to space travel is kidnapped. In the middle of a desert, Captain Midnight locates the scientist in a state of frozen animation. In order to save the scientist, Captain Midnight must survive a nuclear test at ground zero.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: Wallace Bosco

  • Million Dollar Diamond
    6.4/108 votes
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    #19 - Million Dollar Diamond

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/1956

    A young boy tells Captain Midnight about the strange and abusive behavior of his father, a gem expert preparing to cut a million dollar diamond. With the aid of Tut's new invention, a miniature television camera and transmitter, Captain Midnight learns that the boy's father has been kidnapped and a double has been put in his place. The plan is to steal the diamond when it is delivered for cutting. Captain Midnight arranges for the release of the boy's father and the apprehension of the criminals behind the proposed theft.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: Robert Leslie Bellem

  • Murder by Radiation
    5.6/1010 votes
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    #20 - Murder by Radiation

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1954

    A fragment of a powerful radioactive element called Ormondium is stolen by foreign agents. Captain Midnight are caleld upon to recover the stolen materials.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • Electronic Killer
    NaN/100 votes
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    #21 - Electronic Killer

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/1954

    Captain Midnight's friend Dereck Strange invites him to witness the test of a new guided missile: the Nike. When Strange does not show up for the test, Midnight and Ikky go to his apartment and learn he has been kidnapped. Enemy agents use drugs of Strange to get the secrets of the missle. After getting the information, the enemy agents put an unconscious Strange on a drone plane about to be destroyed in an Air Force Test. Only Midnight's intervention saves Strange's life and captures the enemy agents.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Lost Moon
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    #22 - The Lost Moon

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/1954

    An astronomer dies after discovering a lost moon closely orbiting the Earth. Captain Midnight and enemy agents contend for the astronomer's secret with both sides aware that whichever power reaches the lost moon in space first will control the earth.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • Death Below Zero
    NaN/100 votes
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    #23 - Death Below Zero

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/2/1954

    Captain Midnight investigates the poisoning of a small dog belonging to a member of the Secret Squadron. The investigation leads to the solution of a bank robbery and the near death of Captain Midnight when he is imprisoned in a cold storage locker.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • Operation Failure
    NaN/100 votes
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    #24 - Operation Failure

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/1954

    Captain Midnight goes behind the Iron Curtain to the country of Balkavia. He is there to rescue Zabor, a freedom fighter. Midnight succeeds in his mission but at the final moment Zabor elects to remain in his own country and continue the fight for democracy.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Walking Ghost
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    #25 - The Walking Ghost

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/30/1954

    A frantic squadron member asks for Captain Midnight's help. He needs help in exorcising a dangerous ghost. Midnight, Ikky, and Tut set up an electronic perimeter around the Southern mansion that is ""haunted"" by a ghost and discover a foreign agent plotting to use it as a rendezvous site.

    Director: D. Ross Lederman

    Writer: Wallace Bosco