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"Captain Video and His Video Rangers" (1949)
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27 June 1949 (USA)
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Death-Defying Danger... Awe-Inspiring Thrills Await the Courage and Genius of Captain Video and His Video Rangers!
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"Guardian of the Safety of the World", private citizen-scientist Captain Video, assisted by his teenage helper The Ranger and an army of Video Rangers...
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Space Opera
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Space Hero
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Spacecraft
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Interview: Bob Hastings
(From CinemaSpy. 21 July 2009, 8:36 PM, PDT)
Actor Lonny Chapman Dies
(From WENN. 25 October 2007)
(From CinemaSpy. 21 July 2009, 8:36 PM, PDT)
Actor Lonny Chapman Dies
(From WENN. 25 October 2007)
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The Pioneer!
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 6 of 59)| Don Hastings | ... | The Video Ranger (31 episodes, 1949-1955) | |
| Al Hodge | ... | Captain Video (29 episodes, 1950-1955) | |
| Ben Lackland | ... | Commissioner of Public Safety Charles Carey (29 episodes, 1950-1955) | |
| Hal Conklin | ... | Dr. Pauli (28 episodes, 1949-1954) | |
| Fred Scott | ... | Communications Officer Rogers / ... (13 episodes, 1949-1955) | |
| Ed Condit | ... | Announcer / ... (13 episodes, 1951-1955) |
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Captain Video (USA) (alternative title)
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Lawrence Menkin, who created the series, thought of it as "a western in outer space" (and applied that simile to the later "Star Trek" (1966) as well).
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Command Officer Rogers:
Captain Video! Electronic wizard! Master of time and space! Guardian of the safety of the world! Fighting for law and order, Captain Video operates from a mountain retreat with secret agents at all points of the globe. Possessing scientific secrets and scientific weapons, Captain Video asks no quarter and gives none to the forces of evil. Stand by for Captain Video and his Video Rangers!
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Featured in Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown (1994) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Overture to The Flying Dutchman
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Who would have thought that a space adventure show could be done with (1) no special effects budget, (2) no prop department, (3) no wardrobe department, (4) sets that generally consisted of blank walls, (5) no space suits or space ships, and (6) a minimum of action? Well, Captain Video for its first year fit these conditions precisely! Yet it became wildly popular. It was more like radio than television, with the active imaginations of the young viewers having to fill in the many blanks. It would have probably continued to be broadcast indefinitely, 30 to 15 min per day, 3 to 5 days per week, if the always underfunded DuMont network had not gone bankrupt in 1955.