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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.
Language
Budget$3,800,000
Revenue $23,700,000
English
Budget$3,800,000
Revenue $23,700,000
Keywords
adultery
new york city
corruption
profit
satire
tv ratings
murder
corporate
reporter
co-workers relationship
rage
anger
tv show in film
meeting
political satire
news
fired
network
anchor
tv news anchor
Casts

Faye Dunaway
Diana Christensen

William Holden
Max Schumacher

Peter Finch
Howard Beale

Robert Duvall
Frank Hackett

Ned Beatty
Arthur Jensen

Beatrice Straight
Louise Schumacher

Wesley Addy
Nelson Chaney

Arthur Burghardt
Great Ahmed Kahn

Bill Burrows
TV Director
John Carpenter
George Bosch

Jordan Charney
Harry Hunter

Kathy Cronkite
Mary Ann Gifford

Ed Crowley
Joe Donnelly
Jerome Dempsey
Walter C. Amundsen

Conchata Ferrell
Barbara Schlesinger

Gene Gross
Milton K. Steinman

Stanley Grover
Jack Snowden
Cindy Grover
Caroline Schumacher

Darryl Hickman
Bill Herron
Mitchell Jason
Arthur Zangwill

Paul Jenkins
TV Stage Manager

Ken Kercheval
Merrill Grant

Kenneth Kimmins
Associate Producer
Lynn Klugman
TV Production Assistant
Carolyn Krigbaum
Max's Secretary
Zane Lasky
Audio Man
Michael Lipton
Tommy Pellegrino

Michael Lombard
Willie Stein

Pirie MacDonald
Herb Thackeray
Russ Petranto
TV Associate Director
Bernard Pollock
Lou

Roy Poole
Sam Haywood

William Prince
Edward George Ruddy

Sasha von Scherler
Helen Miggs

Lane Smith
Robert McDonough

Ted Sorel
Giannini

Fred Stuthman
Mosaic Figure
Cameron Thomas
TV Technical Director

Marlene Warfield
Laureen Hobbs
Lydia Wilen
Hunter's Secretary

Lee Richardson
Narrator (voice)

Lance Henriksen
Network Lawyer at Khan's Place (uncredited)

Devi Morgan
Background (uncredited)
Crews
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design

Sidney Lumet
Director
Howard Gottfried
Producer
Fred C. Caruso
Producer
Elliot Lawrence
Original Music Composer

Alan Heim
Editor

Juliet Taylor
Casting
Susan Germaine
Hairstylist

Paddy Chayefsky
Screenplay
Edward Stewart
Set Decoration

Owen Roizman
Director of Photography
Philip Rosenberg
Production Design
Lee Harman
Makeup Artist
Alan Hopkins
First Assistant Director

Ralph S. Singleton
Second Assistant Director
Philip Leto
Hairstylist
Norman Leigh
Gaffer
Marc Laub
Sound Editor
Marilyn Putnam
Costumer
George Newman
Costumer
Jack Fitzstephens
Sound Editor
James Sabat
Sound Mixer
John Alese
Makeup Artist
Sanford Rackow
Sound Editor
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