Movie
Radio Days
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1987-01-30
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Orion Pictures, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Danny Aiello as Rocco
- Jeff Daniels as Biff Baxter
- Mia Farrow as Sally White
- Seth Green as Joe
- Robert Joy as Fred
- Julie Kavner as Mother
- Diane Keaton as New Year's Singer
- Julie Kurnitz as Irene
- Renée Lippin as Aunt Ceil
- Kenneth Mars as Rabbi Baumel
- Josh Mostel as Abe
- Tony Roberts as "Silver Dollar" Emcee
Crew
- Woody Allen - Director
- Woody Allen - Writer
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