Network Television will never be the same. Release date: 1976-11-14 Genres: Drama Actors: Wesley Addy, Arthur Burghardt, Roy Poole, Ned Beatty, Fred Stuthman, Zane Lasky, Robert Duvall, Michael Lombard, Lee Richardson, Kenneth Kimmins, Conchata Ferrell, Ed Crowley, William Prince, Paul Jenkins, Marlene Warfield, Lance Henriksen, Darryl Hickman, William Holden, John Carpenter, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, Jerome Dempsey, Jordan Charney, Ken Kercheval, Beatrice Straight, Lane Smith, Stanley Grover, Pirie MacDonald, Mitchell Jason, Kathy Cronkite, Ted Sorel, Gene Gross, Michael Lipton, Cindy Grover, Bill Burrows, Sasha von Scherler, Lydia Wilen, Bernard Pollock, Carolyn Krigbaum, Cameron Thomas, Lynn Klugman Direction: Russ Petranto Budget: $3,800,000Revenue: $23,700,000 Runtime: 2 h. 2 min. Score: 7.8/10 Votes: 1,858 Countries: United States of America Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists Available* : Overview: 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.
