Your rating
Play trailer
77
TMDB
2.1K
-
V&R
0
Favorites
Watchlist
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
Beatrice Straight
Louise Schumacher
Kenneth Kimmins
Associate Producer
Peter Finch
Howard Beale
Darryl Hickman
Bill Herron
Ken Kercheval
Merrill Grant
Wesley Addy
Nelson Chaney
Arthur Burghardt
Great Ahmed Kahn
Michael Tucker
Man at Desk (uncredited)
Jordan Charney
Harry Hunter
Michael Lombard
Willie Stein
Raymond Martino
Window Person (uncredited)
Ted Sorel
Giannini
Fred Stuthman
Mosaic Figure
John Gabriel
TV Anchor Reporting Beale's Suicide Threat (uncredited)
Lee Richardson
Narrator (voice)
Marlene Warfield
Laureen Hobbs
Roy Poole
Sam Haywood
Andrew Duncan
Agent (uncredited)
Paul Jenkins
TV Stage Manager
Pirie MacDonald
Herb Thackeray
Sasha von Scherler
Helen Miggs
Stanley Grover
Jack Snowden
Kathy Cronkite
Mary Ann Gifford
Gene Gross
Milton K. Steinman
Bill Burrows
TV Director
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)
0