Episode

The Shadow Radio Podcast #63- Friend of Darkness

Podcast: Radio Retropolis
Published: May 2, 2026
Duration seconds: 1816
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Summary

A blind man, with a highly developed sense of touch, is forced to be a safe cracker for a gang of bank robbers, or else they'll shoot his seeing-eye dog. Commentary on clarifying the Weston/Perry White influence, the love/hate relationship of Cranston and Weston as well as the various actors who portrayed Weston and how Johnstone made the character of Cranston more three dimensional than Welles.