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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0089859837623
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Vci Video
Manufacturer: Vci Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Vci Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 25, 2004
Running Time: 270 minutes
Sales Rank: 42671
Studio: Vci Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 15, 1942
Editorial Review:
Description:
In this exciting 15-chapter adventure, spawned by the enormously popular radio show, Ivan Shark is after a secret range finder that will enable his bombers to engage in a furious reign of terror. Blazing guns, car chases, aerial dogfights, kidnappings, fights and numerous other thrills all take place before Captain Midnight brings the threat to a satisfying conclusion and once again makes the world safe for Democracy. Bonus Features: Bonus Original Serial Trailers| Actor Bios| Photo Gallery| VCI Serial Promo| Chapter Selection Menu. Specs: 1-DVD5 + 1-DVD9; Dolby Digital Mono; 270 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1941; SRP - $19.99.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Dave O' Brien At His Best
Dave O'Brien is hilariously over-the-top as the Captain, in one of the goofiest serials you'll ever see, and I've seen quite a few. Anyone who's interested in buying one of these movies knows by now that they all have pretty huge script problems - funny how those problems eluded us when we were little kids thrilling to these adventures on the big screen. I won't give away many of the details - suffice it to say not much of the story makes sense on a logical level. But the action! Lots ... Read More
Rating:  - "VCI Entertainment King of the Serial DVD's present ~ Captain Midnight
VCI Entertainment and Columbia Pictures present "Captain Midnight " (1942) (Dolby digitally remastered), based upon the radio serial featuring 15 Chapters of cliffhangers loaded with all the excitement you would ever want and more...story line has our best fighting hero "Captain Midnight" in the skies leaping from the radio waves up onto the big screen...tracking down spies searching for some secret plans of loyal American John Edwards who has been kidnapped by fiendish enemy plotters at every turn...will ... Read More
Rating: - Ridiculous but fun serial!
This is a ridiculous serial (What do you expect? James W. Horne is the director!) but it's a lot of fun. I particularly enjoyed the short fused master villain Ivan Shark and his inept henchmen. Dave O'Brien is fine as the Captain and the supporting cast is fine. The print quality is not quite as good as it is on some of the other VCI DVD serials but it's more than adequate. 15 chapters on 2 discs with some bonus serial trailers. Highly recommended for serial fans!
Rating:  - Add 1 star for hero and villain, add 2 stars for Chapter 10
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT is a) a Columbia serial, and b) directed by James W. Horne. That's two strikes on it right there, according to some serial purists who don't care for Columbia's illogical, six-against-one fight scenes and Horne's exaggerated, tongue-in-cheek approach. But this writer likes both Horne and Columbia, and this 15-chapter cliffhanger is about par for both.
Dave O'Brien, hero of Monogram East Side Kids melodramas, PRC Westerns, and M-G-M Pete Smith comedies, has to be the most authoritative ... Read More
Rating: - The Bell Tolls for Captain Midnight....
Dave O'Brien leaps into battle against evildoers as the famous radio adventurer Captain Midnight. Midnight seeks to protect a scientist and his daughter from invention-stealing bad guys out to wreck America's defense effort. The bad guys, lead by Ivan Shark and his daughter Fury, stoop to new lows as they battle the Captain and plot to destroy our war effort.
O'Brien fills the role of Midnight well, despite looking and sounding a bit like a young Richard Anderson (Oscar Goldman from "The Six Million Dollar ... Read More
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