List of films based on radio series

Radio comedy and drama was at its peak during the 1940s, and most of the films on this list were produced during that period. The list includes features, short subjects and serials.

USA

• Boston Blackie

• Meet Boston Blackie (1941)
• Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)
• Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
• Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)
• After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)
• The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)
• One Mysterious Night (1944)
• Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion (1945)
• Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945)
• A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
• The Phantom Thief (1946)
• Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
• Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)
• Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture *1949)

• Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
• Candid Microphone (1947), theatrical film shorts based on Allen Funt's Candid Microphone
• A Date with Judy (1948), based on radio's A Date with Judy
• David Harding, Counterspy (1950)
• Dr. Christian

• Meet Dr. Christian (1939)
• Remedy for Riches (1940)
• The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
• Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940)
• Melody for Three (1941)
• They Meet Again (1941)

• Duffy's Tavern (1945)
• Gang Busters (1942), based on radio's Gang Busters
• The Great Gildersleeve

• The Great Gildersleeve (1942)
• Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
• Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)
• Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944)

• The Green Hornet (1940)
• The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1941)
• The Green Hornet (2006)
• The Green Hornet (2011)
• Here Come the Nelsons (1952), based on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
• I Love a Mystery (1945)

• Nick Carter, Master Detective

• Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)
• Phantom Raiders (1940)
• Sky Murder (1940)

• The Life of Riley (1949)
• The Lone Ranger (1938)
• The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
• Look Who's Laughing (1941), based on radio's Fibber McGee and Molly
• Lum and Abner Abroad (1956)
• Mr. District Attorney (1947)
• My Friend Irma (1949)
• People Are Funny (1946)
• Pot o' Gold (1941)
• A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
• Radio Stars on Parade (1945), based on radio's Truth or Consequences
• The Shadow (1994)
• Take It or Leave It (1944)
• Sorry, Wrong Number (1948), based on an episode of Suspense
• Way Back Home (1932)
• The Whistler (1944)
• The War of the Worlds (1953)
• War of the Worlds (2005)

UK

• Band Waggon (1940), based on Band Waggon
• Down Among the Z Men (1952) (aka: Stand Easy; The Goon Movie; The Goon Show Movie), based on The Goon Show
• Happidrome (1943), based on Happidrome
• Hi, Gang!, based on Hi, Gang!
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), based on the radio series created by Douglas Adams
• Life With The Lyons (1954) & The Lyons In Paris (1955), based on Life With The Lyons
• It's That Man Again (1942), based on It's That Man Again
• The Rebel (1961): Based on Hancock's Half Hour
• Send For Paul Temple, Calling Paul Temple, Paul Temple's Triumph, Paul Temple Returns, based on Paul Temple
• The Navy Lark (1959) based on The Navy Lark.

See also

• Lists of movie source material
• List of films based on comics
• List of films based on comic strips
• List of films based on television programs
• List of U.S. radio programs