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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
Lance Henriksen
Network Lawyer at Khan's Place (uncredited)
Conchata Ferrell
Barbara Schlesinger
Faye Dunaway
Diana Christensen
Lane Smith
Robert McDonough
William Holden
Max Schumacher
William Prince
Edward George Ruddy
Michael Tucker
Man at Desk (uncredited)
Ned Beatty
Arthur Jensen
Andrew Duncan
Agent (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Finch
Howard Beale
Jordan Charney
Harry Hunter
Kenneth Kimmins
Associate Producer
Darryl Hickman
Bill Herron
Beatrice Straight
Louise Schumacher
Michael Lombard
Willie Stein
Ken Kercheval
Merrill Grant
Lee Richardson
Narrator (voice)
Arthur Burghardt
Great Ahmed Kahn
Raymond Martino
Window Person (uncredited)
Gerald Ford
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wesley Addy
Nelson Chaney
Paul Jenkins
TV Stage Manager
John Gabriel
TV Anchor Reporting Beale's Suicide Threat (uncredited)
John Chancellor
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fred Stuthman
Mosaic Figure
Roy Poole
Sam Haywood
Stanley Grover
Jack Snowden
Marlene Warfield
Laureen Hobbs
Kathy Cronkite
Mary Ann Gifford
Bill Burrows
TV Director
Sasha von Scherler
Helen Miggs
Ted Sorel
Giannini
Betty Ford
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pirie MacDonald
Herb Thackeray
Cindy Grover
Caroline Schumacher
Gene Gross
Milton K. Steinman
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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