1994

Radioland Murders was released on October 21, 1994, to negative reviews from critics and bombed at the box office, only grossing $1.37 million in US totals.

a retro comedy, a madcap murder mystery taking place in 1939 as a Chicago radio station

RADIOLAND MURDERS is a retro comedy, a madcap murder mystery taking place in 1939 as a Chicago radio station has a gala live broadcast performed in front of an audience and a room full of big shot affiliates waiting to be impressed.

Ark. Lucas , Huyck, and Katz

Ark. Lucas, Huyck, and Katz had been developing Radioland Murders (1994) since the early 1970s.

one of George Lucas’ rare forays outside of the Star Wars universe and like others () Willow and Howard the Duck

Radioland Murders (1994) was one of George Lucas’ rare forays outside of the Star Wars universe and like others (Willow and Howard the Duck)

in the 1939 atmosphere of old-time radio

Radioland Murders is set in the 1939 atmosphere of old-time radio and pays homage to the screwball comedy films of the 1930s.

1993

In early 1993 Lucas told Universal that advances in computer-generated imagery from Industrial Light & Magic (owned by Lucasfilm), particularly in digital mattes, would help bring Radioland Murders in for a relatively low budget of about $10 million, which eventually rose to $15 million.

Scenes such as the fight scene in Shanghai , the escape from the airplane, and the mine cart chase

Scenes such as the fight scene in Shanghai, the escape from the airplane, and the mine cart chase came from earlier scripts of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Lucas, Huyck, and Katz had been developing Radioland Murders (1994) since the early 1970s.

on 2 April 2004

Murder released on 2 April 2004 and, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, managed to become a highly successful venture at the box office, earning a "super hit" status from Box Office India.

to such a hectic start in establishing such a hectic start's fast-talking, eccentric 1939 showbiz workplace

Radioland Murders gets off to such a hectic start in establishing such a hectic start's fast-talking, eccentric 1939 showbiz workplace, and introducing such a hectic start's huge ensemble cast, that such a hectic start seems as if Smith is attempting to distract the audience from all of the thin and implausible premises at such a hectic start's foundation.

1969

The film began production on December 2, 1969, shortly after the murders, which were covered heavily by the media.

1984

The film was released on VHS, CED, and LaserDisc in 1984, 1985, February 20, 1992, 1995 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, and May 29, 2001 on VHS by Paramount Home Entertainment, and re-released on DVD in anamorphic widescreen in the U.S. on March 28, 2006, by Paramount

a fast-paced, slapstick comedy , set in the world of 1930s/1940s radio playswhich was probably how Lucas heard many of the stories that influenced George Lucas's better movies

Radioland Murders is a fast-paced, slapstick comedy set in the world of 1930s/1940s radio plays, which was probably how Lucas heard many of the stories that influenced George Lucas's better movies.