Flashlight mask with radial blur question

I have a circle mask over a photo. I'm trying to get it so the edges fade out to black. Currently, it just is a solid white circle. It's a movie clip and has a radial blur and is motion tweened. The alpha channel on the radial blur is 100% on the first point and 0% on the last. Can a spotlight with radial blur/fade be done without adding code or actionscript?
I've attached a photo of what I have now along with what the movieclip I'm using.
Thanks in advance for any help!
I'm on CS5, but can only use AS2, if actionscript is necessary.

Create the circle with a radial fill (any color) and have the inner fill 100% alpha and the outer fill 0% alpha. Convert that to a movieclip, give it an instance name (say you use "msk").
Convert the photo to a movieclip and give it an instance name (say you use "mc").
Place the following code in the timeline...
mc.cacheAsBitmap = true;
msk.cacheAsBitmap = true;
mc.setMask(msk);

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