Network
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.
Crew and Cast
Sidney LumetDirector
Faye DunawayDiana Christensen
William HoldenMax Schumacher
Peter FinchHoward Beale
Robert DuvallFrank Hackett
Wesley AddyNelson Chaney
Ned BeattyArthur Jensen
Arthur BurghardtGreat Ahmed Kahn
Bill BurrowsTV DirectorJohn CarpenterGeorge Bosch
Jordan CharneyHarry Hunter
Kathy CronkiteMary Ann GiffordEd CrowleyJoe Donnelly
Jerome DempseyWalter C. Amundsen
Conchata FerrellBarbara Schlesinger
Gene GrossMilton K. Steinman
Stanley GroverJack Snowden
Cindy GroverCaroline Schumacher
Darryl HickmanBill HerronMitchell JasonArthur Zangwill
Paul JenkinsTV Stage Manager
Ken KerchevalMerrill Grant
Kenneth KimminsAssociate ProducerLynn KlugmanTV Production Assistant
Carolyn KrigbaumMax's Secretary
Zane LaskyAudio Man
Michael LiptonTommy Pellegrino
Michael LombardWillie Stein
Pirie MacDonaldHerb ThackerayRuss PetrantoTV Associate Director
Bernard PollockLou
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 27 November 1976
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Rating
- R
- TMDB score
- 7.8 / 10 (2,143 votes)
Production
- Director
- Sidney Lumet
- Writers
- Paddy Chayefsky
- Studios
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Countries
- United States of America
Box Office
- Budget
- $3.8M
- Revenue
- $23.7M
- Profit
- $19.9M
- Return
- 6.2×
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English