5.6/1010 votes#1 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#2 - 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
- 6.4/107 votes
#3 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#4 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#6 - 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
- 6.8/107 votes
#7 - 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
- 6.4/107 votes
#8 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - 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
- 6.4/107 votes
#10 - 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
- 7.2/107 votes
#11 - 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
- 7.3/108 votes
#12 - 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
- 7.0/107 votes
#13 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - The Deserters
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/4/1954
Captain Midnight helps a group of Secret Squadron members who have been evicted from their club house by a commercial developer. In the process, Captain Midnight discovers a bank robbery.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writer: Malcolm Stuart Boylan
- 7.0/109 votes
#15 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - The Young Criminal
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/18/1954
Captain Midnight sponsors a youth gym as a way to combat juvenile delinquency. One of the youngsters named Tommy Venters is impressed with the lifestyle of a poolroom owner.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - The Deadly Project
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/25/1954
The Secret Squadron laboratory is placed at the disposal of a scientist working on a heat-resistant metal needed by the Air Force. The research is stymied by a vindictive scientist who develops a sonic gun and hates the other scientist.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writer: Wallace Bosco
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - Touchdown Terror
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/1/1955
A group of gamblers try to bribe a star quarterback into throwing an important game. The young player is in need of cash for an operation for his sister, but he refuses to participate in the scheme. In retaliation, both the quarterback and Captain Midnight are kidnapped.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Top Secret Weapon
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/8/1955
A young refugee from behind the Iron Curtain asks Captain Midnight for asylum. What Captain Midnight does not know is that the boy has been programmed to spy on a secret weapon being developed at Midnight's laboratory. Acting under hypnosis the boy sabotages the weapon. At the last moment the boy fights off the hypnosis and provides Captain Midnight with the information necessary to save Secret Squadron headquarters and to defeat the foreign agents behind the plot.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#20 - The Human Bomb
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/15/1955
A munitions genius is released from jail and plots revenge against Captain Midnight and the police responsible for his conviction.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writer: Wallace Bosco
- 6.4/107 votes
#21 - 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
- 7.9/109 votes
#22 - 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
- 7.2/107 votes
#23 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - The Invisible Terror
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/12/1955
A gem warfare attack is planned against the United States by one of America's Cold War enemies. Captain Midnight is called upon to recover a missing formula which can protect the country from the virus.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/107 votes
#25 - 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
The Best Episodes of Captain Midnight Season 1
Every episode of Captain Midnight Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Captain Midnight Season 1!
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
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Murder by Radiation" is the best rated episode of "Captain Midnight" season 1. It scored 5.6/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by D. Ross Lederman and written by N/A, it aired on 9/4/1954. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Electronic Killer".