Lamont Cranston and his girlfriend, Margot, are not sure that the police have the right man when Detective Harris arrests the murdered woman's boyfriend for the crime. Eventually, they solve the case and all is well with the world.
Although there have been pulp, movie, radio and television versions of The Shadow, this early TV pilot was never picked up by any of the networks...and after viewing it on YouTube, I think I can see why. The show is very dull, a bit static and the leading characters amazingly uninteresting. This should NOT be the case, as Lamont Cranston (the Shadow) should have had a much more interesting and almost hypnotic voice since he supposedly has great mental powers*. Instead, you've got uninteresting Tom Helmore playing the great crime fighter...a bit of a letdown.
*One of the radio actors who played The Shadow was Orson Welles and his melodious voice was PERFECT for the character.
Although there have been pulp, movie, radio and television versions of The Shadow, this early TV pilot was never picked up by any of the networks...and after viewing it on YouTube, I think I can see why. The show is very dull, a bit static and the leading characters amazingly uninteresting. This should NOT be the case, as Lamont Cranston (the Shadow) should have had a much more interesting and almost hypnotic voice since he supposedly has great mental powers*. Instead, you've got uninteresting Tom Helmore playing the great crime fighter...a bit of a letdown.
*One of the radio actors who played The Shadow was Orson Welles and his melodious voice was PERFECT for the character.