1947-5-18 Death Rides High

Broadcast May 18th 1947 on Mutual at 5:00 p.m. EST sponsored by D.L. & W. Coal Company "Blue Coal" and syndicated for the summer by Goodrich Tires

This episode is included in Radio Spirits CD Set The Shadow: Silent Avenger

Written by: Frank Kane

Announcer: Don Hancock

Cast: Bret Morrison (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Grace Matthews (Margot Lane)

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

On the trail of a ring of alien smugglers who murder their human cargo rather than deliver them to the United States, Lamont and Margot fly down to Locarto, with Lamont posing as a foreign resident willing to pay the smugglers for proper delivery. Catching on to Lamont’s scheme, the smugglers shoot down his plane in hopes of eliminating the suspicious detective. Surviving the near-crash landing, Lamont and Margot follow the trail to Lopez and Becker, the brains and triggerman of the operation. With both men dead of an apparent falling out, Lamont follows Louie the Loser and his attempt to fly away with the money. The Shadow avoids falling through the bomb bay doors, but Louie slips and falls out of the plane. Because the pilot has been shot, Lamont is forced to make an emergency landing. The evidence is turned over to the federal authorities.

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