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