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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.
Theatrical
Nov 27, 1976
Box Office
$23.7M
Budget
$3.8M
Return
6.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 1, 1983
Theaters
5
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Quotes
See all →Prepare for an outrageous motion picture experience
Taglines
Prepare yourself for a perfectly outrageous motion picture!
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Television's Transformation Is Unavoidable
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Television will never be the same!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →F
Faye Dunaway
Diana Christensen
W
William Holden
Max Schumacher
P
Peter Finch
Howard Beale
Robert Duvall
Frank Hackett
W
Wesley Addy
Nelson Chaney
N
Ned Beatty
Arthur Jensen
A
Arthur Burghardt
Great Ahmed Kahn
J
John Carpenter
George Bosch
J
Jordan Charney
Harry Hunter
K
Kathy Cronkite
Mary Ann Gifford
E
Ed Crowley
Joe Donnelly
J
Jerome Dempsey
Walter C. Amundsen
C
Conchata Ferrell
Barbara Schlesinger
G
Gene Gross
Milton K. Steinman
S
Stanley Grover
Jack Snowden
C
Cindy Grover
Caroline Schumacher
D
Darryl Hickman
Bill Herron
M
Mitchell Jason
Arthur Zangwill
P
Paul Jenkins
TV Stage Manager
K
Ken Kercheval
Merrill Grant
