Faye Dunaway character Diana Christensen
William Holden character Max Schumacher
Peter Finch character Howard Beale
Robert Duvall character Frank Hackett
Beatrice Straight character Louise Schumacher
Wesley Addy character Nelson Chaney
Ned Beatty character Arthur Jensen
Arthur Burghardt character Great Ahmed Kahn
Bill Burrows character TV Director
John Carpenter character George Bosch
Jordan Charney character Harry Hunter
Kathy Cronkite character Mary Ann Gifford
Ed Crowley character Joe Donnelly
Jerome Dempsey character Walter C. Amundsen
Conchata Ferrell character Barbara Schlesinger
Gene Gross character Milton K. Steinman
Stanley Grover character Jack Snowden
Cindy Grover character Caroline Schumacher
Darryl Hickman character Bill Herron
Mitchell Jason character Arthur Zangwill
Paul Jenkins character TV Stage Manager
Ken Kercheval character Merrill Grant
Kenneth Kimmins character Associate Producer
Lynn Klugman character TV Production Assistant
Carolyn Krigbaum character Max's Secretary
Zane Lasky character Audio Man
Michael Lipton character Tommy Pellegrino
Michael Lombard character Willie Stein
Pirie MacDonald character Herb Thackeray
Russ Petranto character TV Associate Director
Bernard Pollock character Lou
Roy Poole character Sam Haywood
William Prince character Edward George Ruddy
Sasha von Scherler character Helen Miggs
Lane Smith character Robert McDonough
Ted Sorel character Giannini
Fred Stuthman character Mosaic Figure
Cameron Thomas character TV Technical Director
Marlene Warfield character Laureen Hobbs
Lydia Wilen character Hunter's Secretary
Lee Richardson character Narrator (voice)
Lance Henriksen character Network Lawyer at Khan's Place (uncredited)
Betty Ford character Self (archive footage)
Gerald Ford character Self (archive footage)
