American Rhetoric: Movie Speech "Network" (1976) Howard Beale is 'Mad as Hell' Audio mp3 delivered by Peter Finch Program Director: Take 2, cue Howard. Beale: I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth; banks are going bust; shopkeepers keep a gun under the count