Overview - Radio

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama

Runtime: 109 minutes

Homepage: Radio

Budget

$35,000,000.00

Revenue

$53,293,628.00

Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: Tollin/Robbins Productions

    Production country

  • Name: Revolution Studios

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: Columbia Pictures

    Production country United States of America

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Name: Cuba Gooding Jr.

    Character: Radio

    Popularity: 21.728

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  • Name: Ed Harris

    Character: Coach Jones

    Popularity: 27.07

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  • Name: Alfre Woodard

    Character: Principal Daniels

    Popularity: 10.719

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  • Name: S. Epatha Merkerson

    Character: Maggie

    Popularity: 10.679

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  • Name: Debra Winger

    Character: Linda Jones

    Popularity: 16.771

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  • Name: Chris Mulkey

    Character: Frank

    Popularity: 10.643

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  • Name: Sarah Drew

    Character: Mary Helen Jones

    Popularity: 15.303

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  • Name: Brent Sexton

    Character: Honeycutt

    Popularity: 13.059

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