Lamont Cranston, a psychiatrist on retainer to the police department, is asked to assist in the Case of the Cotton Kimono murder investigation. Lamont and his girlfriend Margot Lane are not satisfied with Detective Harris' analysis and call on the two prime suspects: the victim's voice instructor and her boyfriend. When Harris, convinced that the boyfriend is guilty, frames the young man for the crime, Lamont is forced to assume his secret identity as "The Shadow", and cloaked by his power of invisibility, seeks to force the true killer to reveal himself.
Practical Effects
Invisibility achieved via actor leaving frame. Cinema!
Acting
Tom Helmore's posh psychiatrist energy fighting cheap sets.
Director
Charles F. Haas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This unsold TV pilot arrived as radio's Shadow dominance faded; Orson Welles had voiced the character 20 years earlier, making this low-budget visual attempt almost tragic.
Director Charles F. Haas later made 'Girls Town' and 'Monster of Piedras Blancas'; this was somehow not his cheesiest project.
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