Network

Television will never be the same.

Duration: 122 min

Release date: 1976-11-19

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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.

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as Diana Christensen

as Max Schumacher

as Howard Beale

as Frank Hackett

as Arthur Jensen

Beatrice Straight

Beatrice Straight

as Louise Schumacher

as Nelson Chaney

Arthur Burghardt

Arthur Burghardt

as Great Ahmed Kahn

as George Bosch

as Harry Hunter

as Mary Ann Gifford

as Joe Donnelly

as Walter C. Amundsen

Conchata Ferrell

Conchata Ferrell

as Barbara Schlesinger

as Milton K. Steinman

as Jack Snowden

as Caroline Schumacher

as Arthur Zangwill

as TV Stage Manager

as Merrill Grant

Kenneth Kimmins

Kenneth Kimmins

as Associate Producer

as TV Production Assistant

Carolyn Krigbaum

Carolyn Krigbaum

as Max's Secretary

as Tommy Pellegrino

Michael Lombard

Michael Lombard

as Willie Stein

Pirie MacDonald

Pirie MacDonald

as Herb Thackeray

as TV Associate Director

Bernard Pollock

Bernard Pollock

as Edward George Ruddy

Sasha von Scherler

Sasha von Scherler

as Robert McDonough

as Mosaic Figure

as TV Technical Director

Marlene Warfield

Marlene Warfield

as Laureen Hobbs

as Hunter's Secretary

as Narrator (voice)

Lance Henriksen

Lance Henriksen

as Network Lawyer at Khan's Place (uncredited)

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Elliot Lawrence

Elliot Lawrence

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Paddy Chayefsky

Paddy Chayefsky

Howard Gottfried

Howard Gottfried

Philip Rosenberg

Philip Rosenberg

Production Design

Theoni V. Aldredge

Theoni V. Aldredge

First Assistant Director

Ralph S. Singleton

Ralph S. Singleton

Second Assistant Director

Jack Fitzstephens

Jack Fitzstephens

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