The teaming of two great talents – Orson Welles (actor) and Ben Hecht (story); actually it’s three if you throw in producer-director William Spier, who actually appears as himself in this one. He is sorting through stories for Suspense when approached by the title character, a magician (Orson) who reports that he’s about to commit a murder. It's a very different sort of beginning for this show, breaking the radio equivalent of the fourth wall - was this Welles' influence? The plot has magician Orson driven mad by an evil magician (also Orson) winding up with the death of a girl. Orson playing two roles so similar - both hammy with outrageous accents - is confusing. Still it is fun.
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