Radio Days

Tuning in.

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.

1987

1h 25min

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Top Billed Cast

Danny Aiello
Rocco
Jeff Daniels
Biff Baxter
Mia Farrow
Sally White
Seth Green
Joe
Robert Joy
Fred
Julie Kavner
Mother
Diane Keaton
New Year's Singer
Julie Kurnitz
Irene
Renée Lippin
Aunt Ceil
Kenneth Mars
Rabbi Baumel
Josh Mostel
Abe
Tony Roberts
"Silver Dollar" Emcee
Wallace Shawn
Masked Avenger
Michael Tucker
Father
David Warrilow
Roger
Dianne Wiest
Aunt Bea
Mike Starr
Burglar
Paul Herman
Burglar
Don Pardo
"Guess That Tune" Host
Martin Rosenblatt
Mr. Needleman

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