Television will never be the same.
7.813
122 min
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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Faye Dunaway | Diana Christensen | Unowned |
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William Holden | Max Schumacher | Unowned |
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Peter Finch | Howard Beale | Unowned |
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Robert Duvall | Frank Hackett | Zac E. Chan |
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Ned Beatty | Arthur Jensen | Unowned |
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Beatrice Straight | Louise Schumacher | Unowned |
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Wesley Addy | Nelson Chaney | Unowned |
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Arthur Burghardt | Great Ahmed Kahn | Unowned |
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Bill Burrows | TV Director | Unowned |
John Carpenter | George Bosch | Unowned | |
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Jordan Charney | Harry Hunter | Unowned |
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Kathy Cronkite | Mary Ann Gifford | Unowned |
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Ed Crowley | Joe Donnelly | Unowned |
Jerome Dempsey | Walter C. Amundsen | Unowned | |
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Conchata Ferrell | Barbara Schlesinger | Unowned |
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Gene Gross | Milton K. Steinman | Unowned |
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Stanley Grover | Jack Snowden | Unowned |
Cindy Grover | Caroline Schumacher | Unowned | |
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Darryl Hickman | Bill Herron | Unowned |
Mitchell Jason | Arthur Zangwill | Unowned | |
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Paul Jenkins | TV Stage Manager | Unowned |
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Ken Kercheval | Merrill Grant | Unowned |
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Kenneth Kimmins | Associate Producer | Unowned |
Lynn Klugman | TV Production Assistant | Unowned | |
Carolyn Krigbaum | Max's Secretary | Unowned | |
Zane Lasky | Audio Man | Unowned | |
Michael Lipton | Tommy Pellegrino | Unowned | |
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Michael Lombard | Willie Stein | Unowned |
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Pirie MacDonald | Herb Thackeray | Unowned |
Russ Petranto | TV Associate Director | Unowned | |
Bernard Pollock | Lou | Unowned | |
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Roy Poole | Sam Haywood | Unowned |
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William Prince | Edward George Ruddy | Unowned |
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Sasha von Scherler | Helen Miggs | Unowned |
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Lane Smith | Robert McDonough | Unowned |
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Ted Sorel | Giannini | Unowned |
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Fred Stuthman | Mosaic Figure | Unowned |
Cameron Thomas | TV Technical Director | Unowned | |
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Marlene Warfield | Laureen Hobbs | Unowned |
Lydia Wilen | Hunter's Secretary | Unowned | |
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Lee Richardson | Narrator (voice) | Unowned |
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Lance Henriksen | Network Lawyer at Khan's Place (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Devi Morgan | Background (uncredited) | Unowned |