Network

Directed by Sidney Lumet
R
1976    2h 2mDrama
8.191%93%
In the 1970s, terrorist violence is the stuff of networks' nightly news programming and the corporate structure of the UBS Television Network is changing. Meanwhile, Howard Beale, the aging UBS news anchor, has lost his once strong ratings share and so the network fires him. Beale reacts in an unexpected way. We then see how this affects the fortunes of Beale, his coworkers (Max Schumacher and Diana Christensen), and the network.

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Cast of Network

  • Faye DunawayDiana Christensen
  • William HoldenMax Schumacher
  • Peter FinchHoward Beale
  • Robert DuvallFrank Hackett
  • Ned BeattyArthur Jensen
  • Beatrice StraightLouise Schumacher
  • Wesley AddyNelson Chaney
  • Arthur BurghardtGreat Ahmed Kahn
  • Bill BurrowsTV Director
  • John CarpenterGeorge Bosch
  • Jordan CharneyHarry Hunter
  • Kathy CronkiteMary Ann Gifford
  • Ed CrowleyJoe Donnelly
  • Jerome DempseyWalter C. Amundsen
  • Conchata FerrellBarbara Schlesinger
  • Gene GrossMilton K. Steinman
  • Stanley GroverJack Snowden
  • Cindy GroverCaroline Schumacher
  • Darryl HickmanBill Herron
  • Mitchell JasonArthur Zangwill
  • Paul JenkinsTV Stage Manager
  • Ken KerchevalMerrill Grant
  • Kenneth KimminsAssociate Producer
  • Lynn KlugmanTV Production Assistant
  • Carolyn KrigbaumMax's Secretary
  • Zane LaskyAudio Man
  • Michael LiptonTommy Pellegrino
  • Michael LombardWillie Stein
  • Pirie MacDonaldHerb Thackeray
  • Russ PetrantoTV Associate Director
  • Bernard PollockLou
  • Roy PooleSam Haywood
  • William PrinceEdward George Ruddy
  • Sasha von ScherlerHelen Miggs
  • Lane SmithRobert McDonough
  • Ted SorelGiannini
  • Fred StuthmanMosaic Figure
  • Cameron ThomasTV Technical Director
  • Marlene WarfieldLaureen Hobbs
  • Lydia WilenHunter's Secretary
  • Lee RichardsonNarrator (voice)
  • Lance HenriksenNetwork Lawyer at Khan's Place (uncredited)
  • Devi MorganBackground (uncredited)
  • Sidney LumetDirector
  • Paddy ChayefskyWriter
  • Howard GottfriedProducer
  • Fred C. CarusoProducer

Network Ratings & Reviews

  • GrimeFiVideoMay 5, 2025
    Brilliant.
  • stolteclanFebruary 17, 2025
    This movie has been relevant since it's release and continues apace without much stopping it.
  • Rowan KrzysiakFebruary 12, 2025
    It could be my favourite film of all time and still absolutely relevant for our times. Every character, scene, word even is sculpted to perfection to lay out something that with other hands would just feel trite. It can not be recommended highly enough. Watch it tonight or I'll be 'mad as hell'.

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