Movies / Network (1976)

7/10

Runtime: 121 min

Genres: Drama

Languages: English

Countries: USA


Howard Beale, the dean of newscasters at the United Television Network, is put out to pasture because he too old. Network executive Max Schumacher, Howard's best friend, is forced to deliver the bad news. Beale can't stomach the idea of losing his 25-year post as anchorman simply because of age, so in his next broadcast he announces to the viewers that he's going to commit suicide on his final program. What he doesn't count on is a media blitz surrounding his circumstance.


Directors (1) Credit
Sidney Lumet ...
Writers (1) Credit
Paddy Chayefsky (written by)
Composers (1) Credit
Elliot Lawrence ...
Editors (1) Credit
Alan Heim ...
Cinematographers (1) Credit
Owen Roizman ...
Actors (55) Credit
Ahmed Yamani Himself (at OPEC conference) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Andrew Duncan Agent (uncredited)
Arthur Burghardt Great Ahmed Kahn
Beatrice Straight Louise Schumacher
Bernard Pollock Lou
Betty Ford Herself (beside her husband) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Burrows TV Director
Cameron Thomas TV Technical Director
Carolyn Krigbaum Max's Secretary
Cindy Grover Caroline Schumacher
Conchata Ferrell Barbara Schlesinger
Darryl Hickman Bill Herron
David Susskind Himself (conducts interview) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ed Crowley Joe Donnelly
Faye Dunaway Diana Christensen
Fred Stuthman Mosaic Figure
Gene Gross Milton K. Steinman
Gerald Ford Himself (speech on assassination attempts) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Howard K. Smith Himself (news anchorman) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerome Dempsey Walter C. Amundsen
John Carpenter George Bosch
John Chancellor Himself - News Anchorman (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Gabriel TV anchor reporting Beale's suicide threat (uncredited)
Jordan Charney Harry Hunter
Kathy Cronkite Mary Ann Gifford
Ken Kercheval Merrill Grant
Kenneth Kimmins Associate Producer
Lance Henriksen Network lawyer at Khan's place (uncredited)
Lane Smith Robert McDonough
Lee Richardson Narrator (voice)
Lydia Wilen Hunter's Secretary
Lynn Klugman TV Production Assistant
Marlene Warfield Laureen Hobbs
Michael Lipton Tommy Pellegrino
Michael Lombard Willie Stein
Michael Tucker Man At Desk (uncredited)
Mitchell Jason Arthur Zangwill
Ned Beatty Arthur Jensen
Paul Jenkins TV Stage Manager
Peter Finch Howard Beale
Pirie MacDonald Herb Thackeray
Raymond Martino Window person (uncredited)
Robert Duvall Frank Hackett
Roy Poole Sam Haywood
Russ Petranto TV Associate Director
Sasha von Scherler Helen Miggs
Stanley Grover Jack Snowden
Ted Sorel Giannini (as Theodore Sorel)
Tim Robbins Assassin (uncredited)
Todd Everett Reporter (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite Himself (news anchorman) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wesley Addy Nelson Chaney
William Holden Max Schumacher
William Prince Edward George Ruddy
Zane Lasky Audio Man