Broadcast March 20th 1938 on Mutual at 5:30 p.m. EST sponsored by D.L. & W. Coal Company "Blue Coal"
This episode is included in Radio Spirits CD Set The Shadow: Radio Treasures*
Written by:
Announcer: Arthur L. Whiteside or Ken Roberts
Cast: Orson Welles (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Agnes Moorehead (Margot Lane) Carl Frank (William Devens) Bennett Kilpatrick (Judge Matthew Rusko) Everett Sloane (District Attorney) Peggy Allenby (Helen Parker and the salesgirl) Ned Wever (Alton Parker) Alan Devitt (Hartney Clays) Kenneth Delmar (Jason) Dwight Weist (Commissioner Weston and Detective Dixon) Paul Huber (Lawrence) Paul Stewart (“Red” Collins)
Music: Elsie Thompson
Synopsis:
Alton Parker, the assistant district attorney, is prosecuting the case against “Red” Collins, a gangster accused of killing Boss Al Housman a couple months previous. A band of men calling themselves “Avengers of Injustice,” nicknamed “The White Legion,” have been taking the law into their own hands by terrorizing, assaulting and abducting — often in broad daylight and in the most unexpected places. Members of the White Legion kidnap Alton Parker and in a dramatic showdown in the city court, The Shadow interrupts proceedings to present proof that Collins killed Housman, acting on instructions from the White Legion. Having saved Parker from the Legion’s death sentence, The Shadow succeeds in revealing Judge Rusko, presiding over the courtroom, and also Mr. Clays, city editor, as being members of the Legion who embezzled over ten million dollars of the city’s funds. Commissioner Weston and his men handcuff the guilty parties and The Shadow takes a bow for justice.
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*This episode is also available on the LP & CD release of The Story of The Shadow - Legends of Radio: The Shadow - Greatest Radio Adventures
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