Story :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.
Cast
Danny AielloRocco
Jeff DanielsBiff Baxter
Mia FarrowSally White
Seth GreenJoe
Robert JoyFred
Julie KavnerMother
Diane KeatonNew Year's Singer
Julie KurnitzIrene
Renée LippinAunt Ceil
Kenneth MarsRabbi Baumel
Josh MostelAbe
Tony Roberts"Silver Dollar" Emcee
Wallace ShawnMasked Avenger
Michael TuckerFather
David WarrilowRoger
Dianne WiestAunt Bea
Mike StarrBurglar
Paul HermanBurglar
Don Pardo"Guess That Tune" Host
Martin RosenblattMr. Needleman
Helen MillerMrs. Needleman
Danielle FerlandChild Star
Mick MurrayAvenger Crook
William FlanaganAvenger Announcer
William MagermanGrandpa
Leah CarreyGrandma
Joy NewmanCousin Ruthie
Hy AnzellMr. Waldbaum
Judith MalinaMrs. Waldbaum
Fletcher Farrow PrevinAndrew
Oliver BlockNick
Maurice TouegDave
Sal TuminelloBurt
Rebecca NickelsEvelyn Goorwitz
Mindy Morgenstern"Show & Tell" Teacher
David MosbergArnold
Ross MorgensternRoss
Andrew B. ClarkSidney Manulis
Lee ErwinRoller Rink Organist
Roger HammerRichard
Terry Lee SwartsNightclub Customer
Margaret ThomsonNightclub Customer
Tito PuenteLatin Bandleader
Denise DumontLatin Singer
Dimitri VassilopoulosPorfirio
Larry DavidCommunist Neighbor
Rebecca SchaefferCommunist's Daughter
Belle BergerMrs. Silverman
Guy Le BowBill Kern
Brian MannainKirby Kyle
Stanley BurnsVentriloquist
Todd FieldCrooner
Peter LombardAbercrombie Host
Martin ShermanMr. Abercrombie
Crystal FieldAbercrombie Couple
Maurice ShrogAbercrombie Couple
Marc ColnerWhiz Kid
Roberta BennettTeacher with Carrot
Joel EidelsbergMr. Zipsky
Peter CastellottiMr. Davis
Gina DeAngelesRocco's mother
Shelley DelaneyChekhov Actress
Dwight WeistPearl Harbor Announcer
Ken LevinskyUSO Musician
Ray MarchicaUSO Musician
J.R. HorneBiff Announcer
Kuno SponholtzGerman
Henry YukJapanese
Sydney A. BlakeMiss Gordon
Kitty CarlisleRadio Singer
Henry CowenPrincipal
Philip ShultzWhistler
Mercedes RuehlAd Man
Bruce JarchowAd Man
Greg GerardSongwriter
David CaleDirector
Ira WheelerSponsor
Hannah RabinowitzSponsor's Wife
Edward S. KotkinDiction Teacher
Ruby PayneDiction Student
J.E. BeaucaireDiction Student
Paul Berman"Gay White Way" Announcer
Richard PortnowSy
Barbara GalloDance Palace Musician
Jane JarvisDance Palace Musician
Liz VochecowizcDance Palace Musician
Ivan KronenfeldOn-the-Spot Newsman
Frank O'BrienFireman
Yolanda ChildressPolly's Mother
Artie ButlerNew Year's Bandleader
Gregg AlmquistRadio Voice (voice)
Jackson BeckRadio Voice (voice)
Wendell CraigRadio Voice (voice)
William H. MacyRadio Voice (voice)
Ken RobertsRadio Voice (voice)
Norman RoseRadio Voice (voice)
Kenneth WelshRadio Voice (voice)
Woody AllenJoe (Narrator) (voice) (uncredited)
David BickfordSilver Dollar Assistant (uncredited)
Sandy DellCrying Woman (uncredited)
Marie GabrielleYoung Sailor's Wife (uncredited)
Carson GrantSailor in Coney Island Bumper Car (uncredited)
Zach GrenierAudience Member (uncredited)
Ron LeirRadio Actor (uncredited)
George Maniere"Guess That Tune" Trumpet Player (uncredited)