Radioland Murders is a 1994 comedy directed by Mel Smith from a story by George Lucas. It stars Brian Benben, Mary Stuart Masterson, Ned Beatty, Brion James, Michael Lerner, Michael McKean, Jeffrey Tambor, Stephen Tobolowsky, Christopher Lloyd, Larry Miller, and Corbin Bernsen. George Burns (in his final film appearance), Rosemary Clooney, Harvey Korman, Robert Klein, Joey Lawrence, Billy Barty, Tracy Byrd, and Bobcat Goldthwait make cameo appearances.

Plot

It’s 1939 on the night that WBN radio goes nationwide and the whole station is abuzz with activity. Roger Henderson (Benben) is the head writer and his wife Penny (Masterson) is an assistant to the director (Tambor). They are forced to deal with an unhappy sponsor who doesn’t like the scripts, unhappy writers who don’t like their working conditions and unhappy actors with inflated egos. During the opening musical number the orchestra’s trumpeter dies from a heart attack. Soon after, the station’s director turns up dead as well from an apparent suicide. However, it is revealed that both deaths are actually murders. The Hendersons attempt to solve the case while keeping the radio show going despite Roger becoming one of the primary suspects.