Episode
Adventures of Superman: Five Minutes to Doom
Overview
Beat the clock: The race is on to stop an innocent Death Row inmate's date with the electric chair.
Details
- Series
- Adventures of Superman
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1953-09-18
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Five Minutes to Doom is Episode 1 in Season 2 of Adventures of Superman. It aired on 1953-09-18. The runtime is 22 min.
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Commentary available by Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen) and Noel Neill (Lois Lane).