This is a lost episode, a recreation of this episodes was posted on a blog in 2021.
Written by: Max Ehrlich
Announcer: Ken Roberts
Cast: Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Marjorie Anderson (Margot Lane)
Synopsis:
In an attempt to smash Big Jim Kane’s operation, Lamont Cranston discovers his identity is no longer a secret. Kane visits Lamont’s apartment to reveal a photograph of the playboy in his office at the same time The Shadow paid him a visit. Kane’s secret is a hidden camera that takes pictures of every person who enters and exits his office. Confronted with the proof, Lamont is blackmailed into partnering with the kingpin and performing a few favors in exchange for the photo negative. His first job as The Shadow is to visit the Coast National Bank and get the combination of the safe containing half a million dollars. If Lamont rejects the offer, a recently kidnapped Margot Lane will be killed and his secret sold to the underworld. Late that night, Kane sends two men out who rob the bank thanks to the combination provided by Lamont. The Shadow, however, mimics Kane’s voice and locks the robbers in the safe for the police. One of the robbers who heard the mimicked voice tells the police the Shadow is Kane and within hours the entire underworld assumes Kane works alongside the law. An attempt on Kane’s life forces the kingpin to take Margot to the bridge in town and throw her over. The Shadow arrives to rescue Margot moments before Kane’s hoodlum rivals drop a bomb in the car, killing the mobster.
Note:
The script for the episode was published in Sanctum Reprints #96 The North Woods Mystery & Death About Town
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