Radioland Murders (1994)
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Reviews Counted: 16
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 13
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A blend of screwball farce and whodunit murder mystery, this madcap period piece was the brainchild of executive producer George Lucas. In 1939, Penny Henderson (Mary Stuart Masterson) is the harried general secretary and de facto manager of a new fourth radio network, WBN. On the night that the Chicago station goes live on the air, a mysterious voice interrupts, and a series of murders soon follows, each one described by the same sonorous phantom. While Penny and her staff desperately try to
Oct 21, 1994 Wide
Oct 10, 2000
Universal Studios Home Video
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Cast
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Brian Benben
Roger Henderson -
Mary Stuart Masterson
Penny Henderson -
Ned Beatty
Walt Whalen -
George Burns
Milt Lackey -
Scott Michael Campbell
Billy -
Brion James
Bernie King -
Michael Lerner
Lieutenant Cross -
Michael McKean
Rick Rochester -
Jeffrey Tambor
Walt Whalen Jr. -
Stephen Tobolowsky
Max Applewhite -
Christopher Lloyd
Zoltan -
Larry Miller
Katzenback -
Anita Morris
Claudette -
Corbin Bernsen
Dexter Morris -
Dylan Baker
Jasper -
Billy Barty
Himself -
Barry Bell
Cop #1 -
Mary Boucher
Soap Box Girl -
Candy Clark
Billy's Mom -
Rosemary Clooney
Anna -
Lou Criscuolo
Cop #4 -
Anne De Salvo
Female Writer -
Ellen Albertini Dow
Organist -
Jennifer Dundas
Deirdre -
J. Don Ferguson
Johnny Ace -
Wilbur Fitzgerald
"Tortured" Actor -
Dave Hager
Laughing Man -
Mark Joy
Jack Granite -
Robert Klein
Father Writer -
Harvey Korman
Jules Cogley -
Gary Kroeger
Gork Son of Fire -
Tammy Lauren
"In the Mood" Bandleade... -
Joey Lawrence
Frankie Marshall -
Peter MacNicol
Son Writer -
Mark Jeffrey Miller
Cop #7 -
Michael P. Moran
Cop #10 -
Richard K. Olsen
"Lt. Cross" Actor/Pa -
D. Anthony Pender
Revolving Stage Operato... -
Jeffrey Pillars
Nerdy Stagehand -
Robert D. Raiford
Ben Butter -
Jack Sheldon
Ruffles Reedy -
Pam Stone
Dottie -
Robert Walden
Tommy -
Bobcat Goldthwait
Wild Writer -
Harold Bergman
Affiliate -
Randell Haynes
Difficult Actor/Interro... -
Rebecca Koon
Mildred's Mom/Ma -
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Bo Hopkins
Billy's Father -
Ed Lillard
Loud Affiliate -
Amy Parrish
"The Miller Sisters" Me... -
Robert C. Treveiler
Cop #14 -
Charles Marsh
Upside Down Yodeller
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All Critics (23) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (13) | DVD (7)
What an inglorious pity.
What were they thinking?
The cast must get an A for effort.
Not the slightest bit funny. Annoying and obnoxious attempt at retro '30s humor.
The bottom line: If you can get past that sagging first third, there are some laughs to be had.
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- Max Applewhite: I could yell 'Fire' into the intercom and we could call it a night.
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This goofy slapstick comedy on paper had promise and I was quite excited to watch it as the period setting plus the 'who dunnit' murder aspect I like. The whole thing sounded like a kind of 'Clue' or 'Haunted Honeymoon' type venture, that nice dated 30's to 50's setting with smart suits with well spoken chaps n dames all set within a spooky atmosphere.
Unfortunately this film is really quite boring and insanely stupid, there is way too much slapstick in your face screwball comedy...and its not even very good, just forced. Everyone is falling arse over tit every five minutes and the editing is so damn choppy, you zip from one pratfall to the next as if they were individual sketches pasted together.
Awesome cast line up, every well known character actor in Hollywood has been stuck in this but that can't save the film. Brian Benben was for me a bad choice of lead for the story, he's one of those guys that just fits TV roles better and he's also annoyingly unstable here with the most lame physical comedy display.
Good ideas with a great era and concept to homage but this falls flat on its face, it should of been a classic but somehow its been fudged well and truly, damn it Lucas!