Network (1976)
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: Sidney Lumet
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Faye Dunaway as Diana Christensen |
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William Holden as Max Schumacher |
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Peter Finch as Howard Beale |
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Robert Duvall as Frank Hackett |
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Ned Beatty as Arthur Jensen |
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Beatrice Straight as Louise Schumacher |
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Wesley Addy as Nelson Chaney |
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Arthur Burghardt as Great Ahmed Kahn |
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Bill Burrows as TV Director |
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John Carpenter as George Bosch |
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Jordan Charney as Harry Hunter |
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Kathy Cronkite as Mary Ann Gifford |
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Ed Crowley as Joe Donnelly |
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Jerome Dempsey as Walter C. Amundsen |
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Conchata Ferrell as Barbara Schlesinger |
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Gene Gross as Milton K. Steinman |
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Stanley Grover as Jack Snowden |
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Cindy Grover as Caroline Schumacher |
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Darryl Hickman as Bill Herron |
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Mitchell Jason as Arthur Zangwill |
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Paul Jenkins as TV Stage Manager |
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Ken Kercheval as Merrill Grant |
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Kenneth Kimmins as Associate Producer |
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Lynn Klugman as TV Production Assistant |
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Carolyn Krigbaum as Max's Secretary |
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Zane Lasky as Audio Man |
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Michael Lipton as Tommy Pellegrino |
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Michael Lombard as Willie Stein |
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Pirie MacDonald as Herb Thackeray |
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Russ Petranto as TV Associate Director |
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Bernard Pollock as Lou |
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Roy Poole as Sam Haywood |
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William Prince as Edward George Ruddy |
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Sasha von Scherler as Helen Miggs |
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Lane Smith as Robert McDonough |
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Ted Sorel as Giannini |
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Fred Stuthman as Mosaic Figure |
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Cameron Thomas as TV Technical Director |
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Marlene Warfield as Laureen Hobbs |
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Lydia Wilen as Hunter's Secretary |
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Lee Richardson as Narrator (voice) |
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Lance Henriksen as Network Lawyer at Khan's Place (uncredited) |
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Robert P. Cohen as Window Person (uncredited) |
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Andrew Duncan as Agent (uncredited) |
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Todd Everett as Reporter (uncredited) |
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John Gabriel as TV Anchor Reporting Beale's Suicide Threat (uncredited) |
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Raymond Martino as Window Person (uncredited) |
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John Pashley as Cameraman (uncredited) |
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Michael Tucker as Man at Desk (uncredited) |
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John Chancellor as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Walter Cronkite as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Betty Ford as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Gerald Ford as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Howard K. Smith as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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David Susskind as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Sidney Lumet | Director |
| Production | Howard Gottfried | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Germaine | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Owen Roizman | Director of Photography |
| Art | Philip Rosenberg | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Theoni V. Aldredge | Costume Design |
| Sound | Elliot Lawrence | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Alan Heim | Editor |
| Art | Edward Stewart | Set Decoration |
| Production | Juliet Taylor | Casting |
| Directing | Ralph S. Singleton | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lee Harman | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Alan Hopkins | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Philip Leto | Hairstylist |
| Lighting | Norman Leigh | Gaffer |
| Sound | James Sabat | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marilyn Putnam | Costumer |
| Sound | Sanford Rackow | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Alese | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Marc Laub | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jack Fitzstephens | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Newman | Costumer |
| Production | Fred C. Caruso | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbie Palmer | Daily Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Peter R. Scoppa | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Eugene Powell | Scenic Artist |
| Art | William F. Reynolds | Set Dresser |
| Art | Walter Way | Construction Grip |
| Crew | Jules Wollock | Carpenter |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Mel Zelniker | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Louis Cerborino | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Camera | Michael Ginsburg | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Kenneth Goss | Key Grip |
| Camera | Gary Muller | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Tom Prate | Grip |
| Camera | Tom Priestley Jr. | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Fred Schuler | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Michael Jacobi | Assistant Editor |
| Production | John H. Starke | Location Coordinator |
| Sound | Elliot Lawrence | Conductor |
| Directing | Kay Chapin | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | James Giblin | Transportation Captain |
| Editing | Don Dittmar | Color Timer |
| Production | Susan B. Landau | Production Assistant |
| Art | Conrad 'Connie' F. Brink | Property Master |
| Production | Howard Newman | Publicist |
| Art | Stephen Frankfurt | Title Designer |
| Writing | Paddy Chayefsky | Writer |
