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