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.
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Studio
Orion Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Radio Days performed
Budget
$16.0M
Worldwide Gross
$14.8M
Gross Profit
−$1.2M
Return
0.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) 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
Rocco
Danny Aiello
Rocco
Biff Baxter
Jeff Daniels
Biff Baxter
Sally White
Mia Farrow
Sally White
Joe
Seth Green
Joe
Fred
Robert Joy
Fred
Mother
Julie Kavner
Mother
New Year's Singer
Diane Keaton
New Year's Singer
Irene
Julie Kurnitz
Irene
Aunt Ceil
Renée Lippin
Aunt Ceil
Rabbi Baumel
Kenneth Mars
Rabbi Baumel
Abe
Josh Mostel
Abe
"Silver Dollar" Emcee
Tony Roberts
"Silver Dollar" Emcee
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