Radio on Film

by dusky-1 | Public

A list of motion pictures which feature characters and/or stories based on radio programs from the USA's Golden Age of Radio.

164 titles

1. The Argyle Secrets (1948)

Approved | 64 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

6.3

Based on the Suspense episode "The Argyle Album" (December 13, 1945)

2. Around the World (1943)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Musical

5.6

Based on Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge series (1939-1949)

3. The Bashful Bachelor (1942)

Approved | 78 min | Comedy

5.2

Based on Lum and Abner series (1931-1954)

4. Behind the Mask (1946)

Passed | 68 min | Mystery

4.9

Based on The Shadow series (1937-1954)

5. Beware, My Lovely (1952)

Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.6

Based on the Suspense episode "To Find Help" (January 18, 1945)

6. Bewitched (1945)

Passed | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

5.6

Based on the Lights Out episode "Alter Ego" (November 18, 1936)

7. The Big Bluff (1955)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

5.8

Based on the Suspense episode "I Had an Alibi" (January 4, 1945)

8. The Big Broadcast (1932)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

6.6

Features various radio stars

9. The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)

97 min | Comedy, Musical

5.6

Based on Burns and Allen series (1934-1950)

10. Big Town (1946)

Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama

5.3

Based on the Big Town series (1937-1952)

11. Big Town After Dark (1947)

Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

5.5

Based on the Big Town series (1937-1952)

12. Big Town Scandal (1948)

Approved | 60 min | Crime, Drama

5.3

Based on the Big Town series (1937-1952)

13. Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)

Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

5.6

Based on Breakfast in Hollywood series (1941-1948)

14. Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)

Passed | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music

6.9

Based on the Jack Benny Program series (1932-1955), particularly the 1936-1937 'Buck Benny' skits.

15. Calling Dr. Death (1943)

Approved | 63 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Mystery

6.1

Based on Inner Sanctum Mysteries series (1941-1952)

16. Captain Midnight (1942)

Passed | 270 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

6.6

Based on the Captain Midnight series (1938-1949)

17. Carolina Blues (1944)

Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Musical

5.8

Based on Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge series (1939-1949)

18. Chandu the Magician (1932)

Passed | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

6.2

Based on Chandu the Magician series (1932-1950)

19. Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Crime, Family

6.4

Based on Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy series (1936-1956)

20. Charlie's Haunt (1950)

59 min | Comedy

6.4

Based on Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy series (1936-1956)

21. Check and Double Check (1930)

Passed | 77 min | Comedy

4.9

Based on Amos 'n' Andy series (1928-1960)

22. Chick Carter, Detective (1946)

Approved | 228 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.1

Based on Chick Carter, Boy Detective series (1943-1945)

23. Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950)

Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama

5.8

Based on the Counterspy series (1942-1957)

24. The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)

Not Rated | 67 min | Drama

Based on Dr. Christian series (1937-1954)

25. Crime Doctor (1943)

Approved | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

6.3

Based on the Crime Doctor series (1940-1947)

26. The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)

70 min | Mystery

6.2

Based on the Crime Doctor series (1940-1947)

27. The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)

Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama

6.3

Based on the Crime Doctor series (1940-1947)

28. The Crime Doctor's Gamble (1947)

Passed | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

5.8

Based on the Crime Doctor series (1940-1947)

29. Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946)

Passed | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

6.2

Based on the Crime Doctor series (1940-1947)

30. The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.3

Based on the Crime Doctor series (1940-1947)

31. The Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)

70 min | Crime, Mystery

6.2

Based on the Crime Doctor series (1940-1947)

32. The Crooked Way (1949)

Passed | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.6

Based on a radio play

33. Danger Zone (1951)

Approved | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

5.3

Based on Pat Novak, for Hire series (1946-1949)

34. Dangerous Crossing (1953)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

6.9

Based on the Suspense episode "Cabin B-13" (March 16, 1943)

35. Dark City (1950)

Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.7

Based on the Suspense episode "No Escape" (December 16, 1948)

36. A Date with Judy (1948)

Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

6.5

Based on A Date with Judy series (1941-1950)

37. David Harding, Counterspy (1950)

Passed | 71 min | Drama

5.9

Based on the Counterspy series (1942-1957)

38. Dead Man's Eyes (1944)

Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Based on Inner Sanctum Mysteries series (1941-1952)

39. The Devil's Mask (1946)

Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

5.8

Based on I Love a Mystery series (1939-1944, 1949-1952)

40. Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940)

Approved | 68 min | Drama, Romance

5.6

Based on Dr. Christian series (1937-1954)

41. Dragnet (1954)

Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.6

Based on Dragnet series (1949-1957)

42. Dragnet (1987)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Based on Dragnet series (1949-1957)

43. Dreaming Out Loud (1940)

81 min | Comedy

6.3

Based on Lum and Abner series (1931-1954)

44. Duffy's Tavern (1945)

Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Musical

5.8

Based on Duffy's Tavern series (1941-1951)

45. The Fat Man (1951)

Passed | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.2

Based on The Fat Man series (1946-1951)

46. The Frozen Ghost (1945)

Unrated | 61 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance

5.8

Based on Inner Sanctum Mysteries series (1941-1952)

47. Gang Busters (1942)

Approved | 251 min | Drama

6.9

Based on Gang Busters series (1936-1957)

48. Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)

Passed | 65 min | Comedy

6.3

Based on The Great Gildersleeve series (1941-1958)

49. Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)

Approved | 62 min | Comedy

6.2

Based on The Great Gildersleeve series (1941-1958)

50. Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944)

Passed | 63 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

5.5

Based on The Great Gildersleeve series (1941-1958)

51. The Glass Alibi (1946)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.1

Based on the Suspense episode "I Had an Alibi" (January 4, 1945)

52. Goin' to Town (1935)

Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Musical

6.4

Based on Lum and Abner series (1931-1954)

53. The Goldbergs (1950)

Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy

7.4

Based on The Goldbergs series (1929-1946)

54. The Great Gildersleeve (1942)

Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Based on The Great Gildersleeve series (1941-1958)

55. The Great Man (1956)

Approved | 92 min | Drama

6.9

Based on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts series (1946-1956)

56. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

G | 260 min | Biography, Drama, History

6.6

Based on The Greatest Story Ever Told series (1947-1956)

57. The Green Hornet (1940)

Approved | 258 min | Adventure, Crime, Family

6.5

Based on The Green Hornet series (1936-1952)

58. The Green Hornet (2011)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

5.8

Based on The Green Hornet series (1936-1952)

59. The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)

Approved | 293 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

6.6

Based on The Green Hornet series (1936-1952)

60. Heavenly Days (1944)

Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Romance

5.4

Based on Fibber McGee and Molly series (1935-1959)

61. Henry Aldrich for President (1941)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Family

6.5

Based on the Aldrich Family series (1939-1953)

62. Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943)

Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

6.5

Based on the Aldrich Family series (1939-1953)

63. Henry Aldrich Haunts a House (1943)

Approved | 73 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

6.2

Based on the Aldrich Family series (1939-1953)

64. Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944)

65 min | Comedy, Family

Based on the Aldrich Family series (1939-1953)

65. Henry Aldrich Swings It (1943)

Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Family

8.3

Based on the Aldrich Family series (1939-1953)

66. Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Family

6.3

Based on the Aldrich Family series (1939-1953)

67. Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

6.4

Based on the Aldrich Family series (1939-1953)

68. Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

8.1

Based on the Aldrich Family series (1939-1953)

69. Henry and Dizzy (1942)

Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Family

7.1

Based on the Aldrich Family series (1939-1953)

70. Here Come the Nelsons (1952)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy

6.5

Based on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet series (1944-1954)

71. Here Comes Cookie (1935)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

6.1

Based on Burns and Allen series (1934-1950)

72. Here We Go Again (1942)

Passed | 77 min | Comedy

5.8

Based on Fibber McGee and Molly series (1935-1959)

73. Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)

Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

5.9

Based on Your Hit Parade series (1935-1953)

74. Hollywood Hotel (1937)

Passed | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

6.4

Based on Hollywood Hotel series (1934-1938)

75. I Cover Big Town (1947)

Approved | 63 min | Drama, Mystery

6.2

Based on the Big Town series (1937-1952)

76. I Love a Mystery (1945)

Approved | 69 min | Crime, Mystery

6.2

Based on I Love a Mystery series (1939-1944, 1949-1952)

77. I Love a Mystery (1973 TV Movie)

120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

5.7

Based on I Love a Mystery series (1939-1944, 1949-1952)

78. I'll Be Seeing You (1944)

Approved | 85 min | Drama, Family, Romance

7.1

Based on a radio play

79. Inner Sanctum (1948)

Approved | 62 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Mystery

Based on Inner Sanctum Mysteries series (1941-1952)

80. International Crime (1938)

Passed | 62 min | Drama

5.4

Based on The Shadow series (1937-1954)

81. Invisible Avenger (1958)

Not Rated | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

5.3

Based on The Shadow series (1937-1954)

82. Jack Armstrong (1947)

Passed | 279 min | Drama

6.2

Based on Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy series (1933-1950)

83. Jeopardy (1953)

Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.7

Based on the Hollywood Star Playhouse episode "A Question of Time" (September 18, 1950)

84. Just Before Dawn (1946)

Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.3

Based on the Crime Doctor series (1940-1947)

85. The Last Crooked Mile (1946)

Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.2

Based on the Suspense episode "The One Way Ride to Nowhere" (January 6, 1944)

86. The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)

PG | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

4.9

Based on The Lone Ranger series (1933-1954)

87. The Life of Riley (1949)

90 min | Comedy, Romance

6.9

Based on The Life of Riley series (1944-1951)

88. Life with Henry (1940)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

6.1

Based on the Aldrich Family series (1939-1953)

89. Lights Out (1972 TV Movie)

60 min | Horror

Based on Lights Out series (1934-1947)

90. The Lone Ranger (1938)

Approved | 264 min | Western

6.8

Based on The Lone Ranger series (1933-1954)

91. The Lone Ranger (1956)

Passed | 86 min | Drama, Western

6.5

Based on The Lone Ranger series (1933-1954)

92. The Lone Ranger (2003 TV Movie)

120 min | Action, Western

5.2

Based on The Lone Ranger series (1933-1954)

93. The Lone Ranger (2013)

PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Adventure, Western

6.4

Based on The Lone Ranger series (1933-1954)

94. The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958)

Approved | 81 min | Western

6.4

Based on The Lone Ranger series (1933-1954)

95. The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)

Approved | 263 min | Western

Based on The Lone Ranger series (1933-1954)

96. Look Who's Laughing (1941)

Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Comedy

6.1

Based on Fibber McGee and Molly series (1935-1959)

97. Love Thy Neighbor (1940)

82 min | Comedy, Musical

6.8

Based on the Jack Benny Program series (1932-1955) and the Fred Allen Show (1932-1949), particularly the 1937 Benny-Allen feud.

98. Lum and Abner Abroad (1956)

72 min | Comedy

6.9

Based on Lum and Abner series (1931-1954)

99. Make Believe Ballroom (1949)

Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

6.7

Based on Make Believe Ballroom series (1932-2006)

100. Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)

Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

5.6

Based on Manhattan Merry-Go-Round series (1932-1949)

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