Directed by:
Sidney LumetScreenplay:
Paddy ChayefskyCinematography:
Owen RoizmanComposer:
Elliot LawrenceCast:
Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, Arthur Burghardt, Jordan Charney, Ed Crowley, Jerome Dempsey (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Beatrice Straight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/922/159922918_b7ca5a.jpg)
Beatrice Straight
USA
Best movies:
The Nun's Story (1959)
Network (1976)
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
![Fred Stuthman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/459/161459982_083901.gif)
Fred Stuthman
USA
Best movies:
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
![Marlene Warfield](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/614/163614585_6ee182.jpg)
Marlene Warfield
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Network (1976)
Joe (1970)
Lee Richardson (narrator)
USA
Best movies:
Brubaker (1980)
Network (1976) - narrator
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
![Andrew Duncan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/792/161792730_79085d.gif)
Andrew Duncan
USA
Best movies:
Love Story (1970)
Network (1976)
Attica (1980) (TV movie)
![Gerald Ford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/432/166432349_ce54c8.jpg)
Gerald Ford (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
All the President's Men (1976) - a.f.
Frost/Nixon (2008)
![John Gabriel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/956/165956174_58f3f4.jpg)
John Gabriel
USA
Best movies:
El Dorado (1966)
Network (1976)
The Hiding Place (1975)
![Lance Henriksen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/615/162615985_efdbcd.png)
Lance Henriksen
USA
Best movies:
Aliens (1986)
The Terminator (1984)
Dead Man (1995)
Howard K. Smith (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Escape from Sobibor (1987) (TV movie) - narrator
Russ Petranto
USA
Best movies:
Network (1976)