Radio
“His courage made them champions.”
In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice field and is inspired to befriend him. Soon, Radio is Jones' loyal assistant, and he becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School. But things start to sour when Coach Jones begins taking guff from parents and fans who feel that his devotion to Radio is getting in the way of the team's quest for a championship.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Tollin/Robbins Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Radio performed
Budget
$35.0M
Worldwide Gross
$53.3M
Gross Profit
$18.3M
Return
1.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$8M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Radio
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Radio
Coach Jones
Ed Harris
Coach Jones
Principal Daniels
Alfre Woodard
Principal Daniels
Maggie
S. Epatha Merkerson
Maggie
Linda Jones
Debra Winger
Linda Jones
Frank
Chris Mulkey
Frank
Mary Helen Jones
Sarah Drew
Mary Helen Jones
Honeycutt
Brent Sexton
Honeycutt
Johnny
Riley Smith
Johnny
Tucker
Patrick Breen
Tucker
Del
Bill Roberson
Del
Irv the Cop
Michael Harding
Irv the Cop
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