Top billed cast

1. 

   Faye Dunaway

   Diana Christensen

2. 

   William Holden

   Max Schumacher

3. 

   Peter Finch

   Howard Beale

4. 

   Robert Duvall

   Frank Hackett

5. 

   Ned Beatty

   Arthur Jensen

6. 

   Beatrice Straight

   Louise Schumacher

7. 

   Wesley Addy

   Nelson Chaney

8. 

   Arthur Burghardt

   Great Ahmed Kahn

9. 

   Bill Burrows

   TV Director

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-12-22

Peter Finch is superb here as the increasingly puritanical television news anchor ("Beale") who, having been told he was about to be fired decided on air to tell the audience he was going to shoot himself on live telly. Next night - yep, he was allowed back - he declared that it was time the viewing public got off their sofas and declared they had "had enough" with lazy government and corporate greed. His long suffering boss "Max" (William Holden) wants to have him looked after (medically) but the ambitious PR executive "Diana" (Faye Dunaway) sees an opportunity amidst all this evangelicalism ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,800,000.00

Revenue
$23,700,000.00

Keywords

• adultery
• new york city
• corruption
• profit
• satire
• tv ratings
• murder
• corporate
• reporter
• co-workers relationship
• rage
• anger
• tv show in film
• meeting
• political satire
• news
• fired
• network
• anchor
• tv news anchor
• authoritarian
• defiant
• derogatory