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A messy, madcap mystery set in the golden age of radio, RADIOLAND MURDERS is the brainchild of George Lucas, who wrote the story and left it on the shelf until he had the technology to film it on a small-scale budget. Several years and two sets of screenwriters later, the result is a handsome but frantic film with nowhere near the charm of, say, RADIO DAYS or TUNE IN TOMORROW. The production design is an art deco delight and the historical content is pretty cool. Too bad that hardly anyone in the cast registers and that's no small feat for a film with over one-hundred speaking parts. Save your money and rent THE HUDSUCKER PROXY. Out today. Filmed entirely in Wilmington. Grade: C