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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.
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Cast
Faye DunawayDiana Christensen
William HoldenMax Schumacher
Peter FinchHoward Beale
Robert DuvallFrank Hackett
Wesley AddyNelson Chaney
Ned BeattyArthur Jensen
Arthur BurghardtGreat Ahmed Kahn
Bill BurrowsTV Director- John CarpenterGeorge Bosch
Jordan CharneyHarry Hunter
Kathy CronkiteMary Ann Gifford- Ed CrowleyJoe Donnelly
- Jerome DempseyWalter C. Amundsen
Conchata FerrellBarbara Schlesinger
Details
- Director
- Sidney Lumet
- Writers
- Paddy Chayefsky
- Release date
- November 27, 1976
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Budget
- $3.8M
- Box office
- $23.7M worldwide
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
