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