Pontypool

Pontypool 2009

6.50

When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.

2009

Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe 1941

7.30

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

1941

The Unsuspected

The Unsuspected 1947

6.60

The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.

1947

Banshee Chapter

Banshee Chapter 2013

5.60

On the trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering drugs, a young journalist - aided by a rogue counter-culture writer, finds herself drawn into the dangerous world of top-secret government chemical research and the mystery of a disturbing radio signal of unknown origin.

2013

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 1942

6.50

England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.

1942

Black Legion

Black Legion 1937

6.53

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

1937

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa 2013

6.64

When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.

2013

Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen 1939

6.20

A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the institution. He hatches a plan to derail the reformed convict's efforts and have him sent back to prison, and part of that scheme involves cracking down hard on the reform school's inmates.

1939

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald 1997

7.50

A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing various parts of the play to their liking.

1997

The Big Broadcast

The Big Broadcast 1932

7.10

The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.

1932

Brave New Jersey

Brave New Jersey 2017

4.90

A comedy that tells the story of a small New Jersey town on the night of Orson Welles' famed 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast, which led millions of listeners to believe the U.S. was being invaded by Martians.

2017

Bedtime for Sniffles

Bedtime for Sniffles 1940

6.00

Christmas Eve, and Sniffles is determined to stay awake to see Santa. Not an easy task.

1940

The Lady Has Plans

The Lady Has Plans 1942

5.30

Some dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattoo them on the back of a woman so she can sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon. This woman plans to take the place of a 'Sidney Royce', a legitimate traveler going to Lisbon as a reporter. Crossed signals allows the real Sidney to reach Portugal first, where she is pursued by those trying to obtain the plans and US government agents trying to prevent the sale.

1942

Man from Music Mountain

Man from Music Mountain 1943

5.00

Roy returns home to fine a range feud between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. When his friend is killed he finds the rifle had a defective pin. He learns the rifle belongs to a ranch hand named Barker and that a third party has caused the feud. When he captures outlaws trying to blow up a dam, he claims Barker was the killer. But Barker has switched rifles and the outlaws now accuse Roy and Roy finds himself in trouble.

1943

The Crime at Midnight

The Crime at Midnight 1936

1

A newly hired police chief vows to clean up a notoriously corrupt police department. When he is murdered, investigators find that there is no shortage of suspects, most of them being fellow cops. Alternate language version of MIDNIGHT PHANTOM (1935)

1936

Broadcasting Girl

Broadcasting Girl 2014

1

College radio host, Zhang Lele is both beautiful and intelligent. Consequently, there is no shortage of men trying to seduce her. The only thing Zhang Lele lacks is the ability to control her tongue. Likable ruffian, Bai Liang, claims he can see past her strong nature and sets out to claim her hidden soft heart.

2014

I've Got to Sing a Torch Song

I've Got to Sing a Torch Song 1933

4.10

Blackout gags and music, including the title song originated in the movie musical Gold Diggers of 1933. Hollywood figures caricatured include Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Blondell, James Cagney, Bing Crosby, Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts, Mae West, Bert Wheeler and Bob Woolsey, Ed Wynn, George Bernard Shaw, Mussolini, Ben Bernie, The Boswell Sisters and Greta Garbo, who does the "Dat's all, folks!".

1933

Porky's Baseball Broadcast

Porky's Baseball Broadcast 1940

5.50

Porky Pig provides play-by-play radio-broadcast commentary during a World Series baseball game.

1940

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds 2013

6.80

An account of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama broadcast that inadvertently started a mass panic.

2013