The Worst Episodes of Captain Midnight
Every episode of Captain Midnight ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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 Captain Midnight.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Captain Midnight" is "Electronic Killer", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by D. Ross Lederman and written by N/A. "Electronic Killer" aired on 9/11/1954 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The Lost Moon".
NaN/10 0 votes#1 - 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
- NaN/10 0 votes
#2 - 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/10 0 votes
#3 - 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/10 0 votes
#4 - 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
- NaN/10 0 votes
#5 - 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
- NaN/10 0 votes
#6 - 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
- NaN/10 0 votes
#7 - 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/10 0 votes
#8 - 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/10 0 votes
#9 - 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/10 0 votes
#10 - 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/10 0 votes
#11 - 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
- NaN/10 0 votes
#12 - 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
- NaN/10 0 votes
#13 - The Secret Room
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/29/1955
Captain Midnight exposes a phony seance racket that preys upon a wealthy society women who is also the wife of a famous physicist. The professor has invented a device to harness the power of the sun. The seance racket is merely a scheme to obtain the Professor's invention.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writer: Wallace Bosco
- NaN/10 0 votes
#14 - Master Criminal
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/1955
The plans for a new jet engine under development at Secret Squadron headquarters attract one of the nation's top criminals. He pretends to surrender and gains access to Captain Midnight's laboratory and the plans for the new engine.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#15 - The Mountain of Fire
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/17/1955
Captain Midnight and Ikky help a group of scientists trying to develop a process of converting volcanic heat into electricity. When a long-dormant volcano begins to erupt, research is disrupted and sabotage is suspected.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writer: Robert Leslie Bellem
- NaN/10 0 votes
#16 - The Jungle Pit
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/24/1955
Captain Midnight and Ikky help a young Japanese boy find his missing father: a soldier hiding on a Pacific Island who is still convinced that World War II has not ended.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#17 - Flight into the Unknown
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/31/1955
A banker disappers with a significant amount of money. Captain Midnight and Ikky trace the man to a small Pacific Island where he is recovering from exhaustion. The arrival of three greedy thugs on the island complicates Captain Midnight attempt to help the banker clear his name and return to his family.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writer: Wallace Bosco, Malcolm Stuart Boylan
- NaN/10 0 votes
#18 - The Runaway Suitcase
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/1956
A police officer is accused of stealing a suitcase full of money. He is forced to resign and turns to Captain Midnight to help clear his name.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#19 - The Human Bullet
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1956
Captain Midnight agrees to test a revolutionary rocket sled after the vehicle's first test pilot is killed in its 800 mph test run. Captain Midnight uncovers a sabotage plot to discredit the invention and its inventor.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/10 10 votes
#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
- 6.4/10 7 votes
#21 - 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
- 6.4/10 7 votes
#22 - 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
- 6.4/10 7 votes
#23 - 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
- 6.4/10 7 votes
#24 - 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
- 6.4/10 9 votes
#25 - 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