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

• Jack Benny
  • Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
• 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
• Counterspy
  • David Harding, Counterspy (1950)
  • Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950)
• A Date with Judy (1948), based on radio's A Date with Judy
• 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)
• Ed Gardner's Duffy's Tavern (1945), based on Duffy's Tavern
• Fibber McGee and Molly
  • This Way Please (1937)
  • Look Who's Laughing (1941)
  • Here We Go Again (1942)
  • Heavenly Days (1944)
• Gang Busters (1942), based on radio's Gang Busters
• The Great Gildersleeve, based on a character from Fibber McGee and Molly
  • The Great Gildersleeve (1942)
  • Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
  • Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)
  • Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944)
• The Green Hornet
  • The Green Hornet (1940), serial
  • The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1941), serial
  • The Green Hornet (2006), short
  • The Green Hornet (2011)
• Here Come the Nelsons (1952), based on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
• I Love a Mystery (1945)
• The Life of Riley (1949)
• The Lone Ranger
  • The Lone Ranger (1938), serial
  • The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939), serial
  • The Lone Ranger (1956)
  • The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958)
  • The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
  • The Lone Ranger (2003), TV movie
  • The Lone Ranger (2013)
• Lum and Abner
  • Dreaming Out Loud (1940)
  • The Bashful Bachelor (1942)
  • Two Weeks to Live (1943)
  • So This Is Washington (1943)
  • Goin' to Town (1944)
  • Partners in Time (1946)
  • Lum and Abner Abroad (1956)
• Mr. District Attorney (1947)
• My Friend Irma (1949)
• Nick Carter, Master Detective
  • Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)
  • Phantom Raiders (1940)
  • Sky Murder (1940)
• People Are Funny (1946)
• Pot o' Gold (1941)
• A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
• Queen for a Day (1951)
• Radio Stars on Parade (1945), based on radio's Truth or Consequences
• The Shadow
  • Shadow film shorts (1931–1932)
  • The Shadow Strikes (1937)
  • International Crime (1938)
  • The Shadow (1940)
  • The Shadow Returns (1946)
  • Behind the Mask (1946)
  • The Missing Lady (1946)
  • Invisible Avenger (1958)
  • The Shadow (1994)
• Sorry, Wrong Number (1948), based on an episode of Suspense written by Lucille Fletcher; starred Agnes Moorehead; between 1943 and 1957 the story was done live seven times; there was an eighth broadcast which was a repeat
• Take It or Leave It (1944)
• The War of the Worlds (1938), episode of the radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air, directed and narrated by Orson Welles, adapted from H. G. Wells' 1898 novel The War of the Worlds
  • The War of the Worlds (1953)
  • War of the Worlds (2005)
• Way Back Home (1932)
• The Whistler
  • The Whistler (1944)
  • The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
  • The Power of the Whistler (1945)
  • Voice of the Whistler (1945)
  • Mysterious Intruder (1946)
  • The Secret of the Whistler (1946)
  • The Thirteenth Hour (1947)
  • The Return of the Whistler (1948)

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 of the same name by Douglas Adams
• It's That Man Again (1942), based on It's That Man Again
• Life With The Lyons (1954) and The Lyons In Paris (1955), based on Life With The Lyons
• The Navy Lark (1959), based on The Navy Lark
• 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

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