In 1975 terrorist violence is the stuff of network nightly news programming and the corporate structure of the UBS television network is changing. Meanwhile, Howard Beale (Peter Finch), 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 (William Holden) and Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway), and the network.

The Plaza Hotel, 750 5th Avenue and Central Park South, Manhattan.

New York Public Library, 5th Avenue (btw 40th and 42nd Streets) Manhattan.

UBS Office, 1350 6th Avenue and West 55th Street, Manhattan.

West 71st Street (btw West End Avenue and Riverside Blvd) Manhattan.