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Calorie Rating: 170
Released: 1976-11-27
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 121 Minutes
Budget: 3800000
Revenue 23700000
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists,


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.

Director / Directors

Alan Hopkins
First Assistant Director
Ralph S. Singleton
Second Assistant Director

Peter R. Scoppa
First Assistant Director
Kay Chapin
Script Supervisor


Cast

Faye Dunaway
Character: Diana Christensen
William Holden
Character: Max Schumacher
Peter Finch
Character: Howard Beale

Robert Duvall
Character: Frank Hackett
Ned Beatty
Character: Arthur Jensen
Beatrice Straight
Character: Louise Schumacher

Wesley Addy
Character: Nelson Chaney
Arthur Burghardt
Character: Great Ahmed Kahn
Bill Burrows
Character: TV Director

John Carpenter
Character: George Bosch
Jordan Charney
Character: Harry Hunter
Kathy Cronkite
Character: Mary Ann Gifford

Ed Crowley
Character: Joe Donnelly
Jerome Dempsey
Character: Walter C. Amundsen
Conchata Ferrell
Character: Barbara Schlesinger

Gene Gross
Character: Milton K. Steinman
Stanley Grover
Character: Jack Snowden
Cindy Grover
Character: Caroline Schumacher

Darryl Hickman
Character: Bill Herron
Mitchell Jason
Character: Arthur Zangwill
Paul Jenkins
Character: TV Stage Manager

Ken Kercheval
Character: Merrill Grant
Kenneth Kimmins
Character: Associate Producer
Lynn Klugman
Character: TV Production Assistant

Carolyn Krigbaum
Character: Max's Secretary
Zane Lasky
Character: Audio Man
Michael Lipton
Character: Tommy Pellegrino

Michael Lombard
Character: Willie Stein
Pirie MacDonald
Character: Herb Thackeray
Russ Petranto
Character: TV Associate Director

Bernard Pollock
Character: Lou
Roy Poole
Character: Sam Haywood
William Prince
Character: Edward George Ruddy

Sasha von Scherler
Character: Helen Miggs
Lane Smith
Character: Robert McDonough
Ted Sorel
Character: Giannini

Fred Stuthman
Character: Mosaic Figure
Cameron Thomas
Character: TV Technical Director
Marlene Warfield
Character: Laureen Hobbs

Lydia Wilen
Character: Hunter's Secretary
Lee Richardson
Character: Narrator (voice)
Lance Henriksen
Character: Network Lawyer at Khan's Place (uncredited)

Robert P. Cohen
Character: Window Person (uncredited)
Andrew Duncan
Character: Agent (uncredited)
Todd Everett
Character: Reporter (uncredited)

John Gabriel
Character: TV Anchor Reporting Beale's Suicide Threat (uncredited)
Raymond Martino
Character: Window Person (uncredited)
John Pashley
Character: Cameraman (uncredited)

Michael Tucker
Character: Man at Desk (uncredited)
John Chancellor
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Betty Ford
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gerald Ford
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Howard K. Smith
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Susskind
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Elliot Lawrence
Original Music Composer
Owen Roizman
Director of Photography


Philip Rosenberg
Production Design
Edward Stewart
Set Decoration
Susan Germaine
Hairstylist

Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design
Lee Harman
Makeup Artist
Philip Leto
Hairstylist

James Sabat
Sound Mixer
Jack Fitzstephens
Sound Editor

Marc Laub
Sound Editor
Sanford Rackow
Sound Editor

John Alese
Makeup Artist
Fred C. Caruso
Associate Producer

Barbie Palmer
Daily Makeup & Hair
Eugene Powell
Scenic Artist

Walter Way
Construction Grip
Dick Vorisek
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mel Zelniker
ADR Recordist
Louis Cerborino
Assistant Sound Editor
Michael Ginsburg
Still Photographer

Gary Muller
Second Assistant Camera

Tom Priestley Jr.
Assistant Camera
Fred Schuler
Camera Operator
Michael Jacobi
Assistant Editor

John H. Starke
Location Coordinator
James Giblin
Transportation Captain

Don Dittmar
Color Timer
Susan B. Landau
Production Assistant

Stephen Frankfurt
Title Designer