"A 17-year-old boy becomes friends with Billy Magic, the radio DJ he idolizes, and eventually slips into the payola and corruption of the entertainment world."
Kevin Bacon
as Billy Magic
Brad Renfro
as Karchy 'Chucky' Jonas
Maximilian Schell
as Dr. Istvan Jonas
Calista Flockhart
as Diney Majeski
Tony Devon
as Danny Hogan
Paul Dooley
as Father Norton
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
as Kevin Boyle
Luke Wilson
as Henry
Damen Fletcher
as Amos
Jerry Swindall
as Andy "Croak" Stas
K.K. Dodds
as Justine
James Kisicki
as Cecil Simms
J.J. Horna
as The Blind Kid
Ben Saypol
as Timmy Morelli
Rohn Thomas
as Sgt. Disapri
Joe Baka
as Det. Carpenter
Tuesday Knight
as WHK Receptionist
Dave Buckel
as WHK Newscaster
Matt Miller
as Assistant D.A.
Jack Skelly
as Immigration Judge
Jane Jean Miller
as Groupie #1
Wendy Waltz
as Groupie #2
Angelique Osborne
as Giggly Girl
Abdullah Bey
as Old Man
Kevin Willigham
as Driver
Patrick White
as School Kid
Ron Lewis
as Musician: Blood Smith and the Tenderloins
Billy Lockwood
Christopher Jenning
Phillip O'Rourke
Niles Rivers
Daryl Trammer
Matt Bunner
as Member of Kevin Boyle's Gang
Tom Nagel
as Member of Kevin Boyle's Gang / Sock Hop Dancer
Tom Palmieri
John Sloan
John Woyton
Mike Ross
Courtne Benson
as Sock Hop Dancer
Dottie Dixon
Ben Harvey
Lucas Haugh
Tjader France
Stacey Woodson
Monica Reed
Renzy Parnell
Brendon Berns
Matt McBride
Melanie Rademaker
Maureen Winston
Brooke Devereaux
Sunny Jenkins
Jennifer Nicolino
Molly McDougal
as Good Looking Girl at Diner
Jessica Galinas
as Sock Hop Dancer (Uncredited)
Maggie Gibbons
as Girl in Classroom (Uncredited)
Brad Hoss
as Schoolboy (Uncredited)
Corey Landis
as Farmers Market Vegetable Salesperson (Uncredited)
Andy Paley
Additional Music
Tim Chau
Sound Designer
Supervising Sound Editor
Terry Porter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kate Amer
Production Manager
Robert Rothbard
Production Supervisor
Bernadette Gillota
Production Coordinator
Jeanne Byrd
Script Supervisor
Dennis Benatar
First Assistant Director
Cynthia Slavens
Second Assistant Director
Regan Forman
Karen Usher
Art Department Coordinator
Jonathan Andrews
Sound Mixer
Barbara Shiff
Costume Supervisor
Heather Priest
Assistant Costume Designer
Mychael Bates
Property Master
Frank Fletcher
Location Manager
Bill Kingsley
Construction Coordinator
Elizabeth Wendel
Assistant Music Supervisor
Margaret Yen
Ruth Loshe
Scenic Artist
Dale Checovich
Transportation Coordinator
Catherine Albers
Dialogue Coach
Jim Schulte
Assistant Editor
Alain J. Romi
Carmen Hocson Baker
Christopher Flick
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Betty Buckhart
Assistant Sound Editor
Donald J. Malouf
Sound Editor
Nils C. Jensen
Adam Kopald
Jim Brookshire
Doug Jackson
Dan Yale
Mel Metcalfe
Dean A. Zupancic
Mark Green
Music Editor
Michael Jay
Guy Ferland
Director
Joe Eszterhas
Screenplay
Naomi Eszterhas
Executive Producer
Fran Rubel Kuzui
Producer
Mickey Liddell
Ben Myron
Brian Swardstrom
Nicholas Pike
Original Music Composer
Reynaldo Villalobos
Director of Photography
Jill Savitt
Editor
Emily Schweber
Casting
James A. Gelarden
Production Design
Laura Bauer
Costume Design
Roy Bryson
Key Hair Stylist
Jeannee Josefczyk
Key Makeup Artist
Mariella Kaufman
Makeup Artist
Pamela Priest
Maxi Spisak
Sandi D. Verzi
Hairstylist
John 'Fest' Sandau
Gaffer