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.
Cast
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)
Robert P. Cohen
Window Person (uncredited)
Andrew Duncan
Agent (uncredited)
Todd Everett
Reporter (uncredited)
John Gabriel
TV Anchor Reporting Beale's Suicide Threat (uncredited)
Raymond Martino
Window Person (uncredited)
John Pashley
Cameraman (uncredited)
Michael Tucker
Man at Desk (uncredited)
John Chancellor
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Ford
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gerald Ford
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Howard K. Smith
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Susskind
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
Sidney Lumet
Director
Paddy Chayefsky
Screenplay
Alan Heim
Editor
Michael Jacobi
Assistant Editor
Owen Roizman
Director of Photography
Don Dittmar
Color Timer
Alan Hopkins
First Assistant Director
Peter R. Scoppa
First Assistant Director
Ralph S. Singleton
Second Assistant Director
Howard Gottfried
Producer
Fred C. Caruso
Associate Producer
Susan B. Landau
Production Assistant
Philip Rosenberg
Production Design
Fred Schuler
Camera Operator
Tom Priestley Jr.
Assistant Camera
Gary Muller
Second Assistant Camera
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design
Marilyn Putnam
Costumer
George Newman
Costumer
Susan Germaine
Hairstylist
Philip Leto
Hairstylist
Barbie Palmer
Daily Makeup & Hair
Lee Harman
Makeup Artist
John Alese
Makeup Artist
Eugene Powell
Scenic Artist
Sanford Rackow
Sound Editor
Marc Laub
Sound Editor
Jack Fitzstephens
Sound Editor
Louis Cerborino
Assistant Sound Editor
Dick Vorisek
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
James Sabat
Sound Mixer
Mel Zelniker
ADR Recordist
Elliot Lawrence
Original Music Composer, Conductor
James Giblin
Transportation Captain
Edward Stewart
Set Decoration
William F. Reynolds
Set Dresser
Walter Way
Construction Grip
Michael Ginsburg
Still Photographer
Kay Chapin
Script Supervisor
Jules Wollock
Carpenter
John H. Starke
Location Coordinator
Conrad 'Connie' F. Brink
Property Master
Kenneth Goss
Key Grip
Tom Prate
Grip
Norman Leigh
Gaffer
Stephen Frankfurt
Title Designer
Howard Newman
Publicist
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