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Network
1976, Nov 27
2h 2m
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
Written by
Paddy Chayefsky
Robert Duvall
Frank Hackett
Faye Dunaway
Diana Christensen
Lee Richardson
Narrator (voice)
Lance Henriksen
Network Lawyer at Khan's Place (uncredited)
Conchata Ferrell
Barbara Schlesinger
Lane Smith
Robert McDonough
Roy Poole
Sam Haywood
Ned Beatty
Arthur Jensen
Jordan Charney
Harry Hunter
William Holden
Max Schumacher
Raymond Martino
Window Person (uncredited)
Kenneth Kimmins
Associate Producer
Fred Stuthman
Mosaic Figure
Marlene Warfield
Laureen Hobbs
Paul Jenkins
TV Stage Manager
Michael Tucker
Man at Desk (uncredited)
Peter Finch
Howard Beale
Beatrice Straight
Louise Schumacher
Darryl Hickman
Bill Herron
Betty Ford
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Lombard
Willie Stein
Arthur Burghardt
Great Ahmed Kahn
William Prince
Edward George Ruddy
Wesley Addy
Nelson Chaney
Ken Kercheval
Merrill Grant
Gerald Ford
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kathy Cronkite
Mary Ann Gifford
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ted Sorel
Giannini
John Gabriel
TV Anchor Reporting Beale's Suicide Threat (uncredited)
John Chancellor
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Andrew Duncan
Agent (uncredited)
Cindy Grover
Caroline Schumacher
Sasha von Scherler
Helen Miggs
Gene Gross
Milton K. Steinman
Stanley Grover
Jack Snowden
Pirie MacDonald
Herb Thackeray
Bill Burrows
TV Director
John Carpenter
George Bosch
Ed Crowley
Joe Donnelly
Jerome Dempsey
Walter C. Amundsen
Mitchell Jason
Arthur Zangwill
Lynn Klugman
TV Production Assistant
Carolyn Krigbaum
Max's Secretary
Zane Lasky
Audio Man
Michael Lipton
Tommy Pellegrino
Bernard Pollock
Lou
Cameron Thomas
TV Technical Director
Lydia Wilen
Hunter's Secretary
Todd Everett
Reporter (uncredited)
Howard K. Smith
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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