Radioland Murders

Year:

1994

Duration:

108 min

Genres:

IMDB rate:

6.2

Director:

Mel Smith

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1994-10-21

Filming Locations: Carolco Studios - 1223 North 23rd Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $835,570 (USA) (23 October 1994)

Gross: $1,299,060 (USA) Filming Dates 28 October 1993 - 23 December 1993 Copyright Holder copyright MCMXCIV Universal City Studios, Inc. Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Mary Stuart Masterson

Radioland Murders

Michael McKean

Radioland Murders

Brian Benben

Roger Henderson

Ned Beatty

General Walt Whalen

George Burns

Milt Lackey

Scott Michael Campbell

Billy

Brion James

Bernie King

Michael Lerner

Lieutenant Cross

Jeffrey Tambor

Walt Whalen, Jr.

Stephen Tobolowsky

Max Applewhite

Christopher Lloyd

Zoltan

Larry Miller

Herman Katzenback

Anita Morris

Claudette Katsenback

Corbin Bernsen

Dexter Morris

Rosemary Clooney

Anna

Bobcat Goldthwait

Wild Writer

Robert Walden

Tommy

Dylan Baker

Jasper

Billy Barty

Himself

Tracy Byrd

Himself

Candy Clark

Billy's Mother

Anne De Salvo

Female Writer

Jennifer Dundas

Deirdre

Bo Hopkins

Billly's Father

Robert Klein

Father Writer

Harvey Korman

Jules Cogley

Joseph Lawrence

Frankie Marshall (as Joey Lawrence)

Peter MacNicol

Son Writer

Bridgett Newton

Member, The Miller Sisters

Amy Parrish

Member, The Miller Sisters

Nina Repeta

Member, The Miller Sisters

Frank Trimble

Member, The Dead Tones

Kevin Scott Warner

Member, The Dead Tones

Frank J. Aard

Rollerskating Penguin

Ellen Albertini Dow

Organist

Mary Boucher

Soapbox Girl

Doug Chambers

Drummer

Tina Corsini

Betty Boop

Jim David

Biff Blaster

Deacon Dawson

Happy, Peter Lorre Villain

Hadley Eure

'Paprika' Actress

J. Don Ferguson

Johnny Ace, Hard Boiled Dick (as Don Ferguson)

Wilbur Fitzgerald

'Tortured' Actor

Keith Flippen

Space Cadet Jimmy

Paul 'Mousie' Garner

Double bass performer (as Mousie Garner)

Randell Haynes

Difficult Actor / Interrogator

Mark Joy

Jack Granite, Man's Man

Rebecca Koon

Ma, Mildred's Mother

Gary Kroeger

Gork, Son of Fire

Tammy Lauren

In the Mood Bandleader

Marguerite MacIntyre

Bubble Bath Announcer

Lori Anne Mahl

Mildred, Johnny Ace Secretary (as Lori Mahl)

Charles Marsh

Upside-Down Yodeler

Jim McKeny

Tom McCallum

Madison McKoy

Cab Calloway

Rod McLachlan

Black Whip, Granite's Dog

Marc McPherson

Maynard

Patt Noday

Sherwood Smith

Richard K. Olsen

Pa, Lt. Cross Actor

Donna Peters

'Gork' Actress

Robert D. Raiford

Ben Butter (as Robert Raiford)

Robin Dale Robertson

Temperamental Actor

Jack Sheldon

Ruffles Reed

Frank Terrio

Duck

Gary Anthony Williams

Dr. Ashton-Reeves

Brad Moranz

Dancer #1

Jennifer Hammond-Moranz

Dancer #2 (as Jennifer Moranz)

Deborah DeFrancisco

Dancer #3 (as Deborah De Francisco)

Lynn Raley

Dancer #4

Leanne Reese

Dancer #5

Crystal Williams

Dancer #6

Dixie Wilson

Dancer #7

Barry Bell

Cop #1

Gabe Caggiano

Cop #2

Anthony Christian

Cop #3

Lou Criscuolo

Cop #4

Michael Harding

Cop #5 (as Mike Harding)

John Keenan

Cop #6

Mark Marshall

Cop #7

Mark Jeffrey Miller

Cop #8

Michael P. Moran

Cop #9

Mike O'Brien

Cop #10

Bob Sayer

Cop #11

Rock Taulbee

Cop #12

Robert C. Treveiler

Cop #13 (as Robert Treveiler)

Hank Troscianiec

Cop #14

Harold Bergman

Affiliate

Rita Butler

Affiliate's Wife

Dave Hager

Laughing Man

Kim Head

Waitress

Scott Hilley

Drunk Affiliate

Ed Lillard

Loud Affiliate

Leighann Lord

Morgana

Joann Luzzatto

P.A.

Eric Paisley

Enthusiastic Affiliate

D. Anthony Pender

Operator, Revolving Stage (as Anthony Pender)

Jeffrey Pillars

Nerdy Stagehand

Steve Rassin

Page

Pam Stone

Dottie

Leslie Truman

Woman in Audience

Norm Woodel

Announcer

Jamison Jones

Pilot (uncredited)

Michele Seidman

Radio Actress 5-B (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Many of the sets, including the exterior of the broadcast building, many of the interior walls, and a biplane buzzing a signal tower, were computer generated.

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George Lucas has stated that the two main characters, Roger and Penny Henderson, are actually the parents of Richard Dreyfuss's character from Lucas' American Graffiti (1973); making this film a bit of a semi-prequel.

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Rosemary Clooney's final feature film appearance.

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Goofs

The portrait in Gen. Whalen's office shows the general wearing a service dress green uniform which was not adopted by the U.S. Army until the mid-1950s. In 1939, when the movie is set, the general would have worn a khaki uniform.

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When Penny and Roger are first arguing, they go through swinging doors onto the stage. When the cut is made, in the middle of the conversation, they are suddenly in the middle of the stage and the doors are nowhere to be seen.

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At the end of the film the camera pans up to the top of the building, showing the damaged WBN logo. However, the holes where the letters came out of the wall are missing.

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Quotes

Penny Henderson: [as he's storming off, whispering] Mr. Whalen... other way...

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Announcer: And that's it from WBN in Chicago. If it wasn't clear before, it's certainly clear now; There'll never be anything quite like... radio.

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Claudette: Caught me at a bad time, kid. I'm in.

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