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