Network
Drama
Television will never be the same.
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.
1976-11-27
en
Cast
Director
Sidney Lumet
Faye Dunaway as Diana Christensen
William Holden as Max Schumacher
Peter Finch as Howard Beale
Robert Duvall as Frank Hackett
Ned Beatty as Arthur Jensen
Beatrice Straight as Louise Schumacher
Wesley Addy as Nelson Chaney
Arthur Burghardt as Great Ahmed Kahn
Bill Burrows as TV Director
Jordan Charney as Harry Hunter
Kathy Cronkite as Mary Ann Gifford
Conchata Ferrell as Barbara Schlesinger
Gene Gross as Milton K. Steinman
Stanley Grover as Jack Snowden
Cindy Grover as Caroline Schumacher
Darryl Hickman as Bill Herron
Paul Jenkins as TV Stage Manager
Ken Kercheval as Merrill Grant
Kenneth Kimmins as Associate Producer
Michael Lombard as Willie Stein
Pirie MacDonald as Herb Thackeray
Roy Poole as Sam Haywood
William Prince as Edward George Ruddy
Sasha von Scherler as Helen Miggs
Lane Smith as Robert McDonough
Ted Sorel as Giannini
Fred Stuthman as Mosaic Figure
Marlene Warfield as Laureen Hobbs
Lee Richardson as Narrator (voice)
Lance Henriksen as Network Lawyer at Khan's Place (uncredited)
Andrew Duncan as Agent (uncredited)
John Gabriel as TV Anchor Reporting Beale's Suicide Threat (uncredited)
Raymond Martino as Window Person (uncredited)
Michael Tucker as Man at Desk (uncredited)
John Chancellor as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Ford as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gerald Ford as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Howard K. Smith as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Susskind as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)