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Television will never be the same.

1976 · R · 2h 2m

Directed by Sidney Lumet

7.8

TMDB audience score
2,160 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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 Dunaway
    Diana Christensen

  • William Holden
    Max Schumacher

  • Peter Finch
    Howard Beale

  • Robert Duvall
    Frank Hackett

  • Wesley Addy
    Nelson Chaney

  • Ned Beatty
    Arthur Jensen

  • 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