Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

Some called him a hero...others called him a heel.

1941•1h 59m•8.0/10

MysteryDrama

Ratings

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8.0/10(6K)

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

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Production

Mercury Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Charles Foster Kane

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Jedediah Leland

Dorothy Comingore

Dorothy Comingore

Susan Alexander Kane

Ray Collins

Ray Collins

Jim W. Gettys

George Coulouris

George Coulouris

Walter Parks Thatcher

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

Mary Kane

Paul Stewart

Paul Stewart

Raymond

Ruth Warrick

Ruth Warrick

Emily Norton Kane

Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford

Herbert Carter

William Alland

William Alland

Jerry Thompson/Narrator

Everett Sloane

Everett Sloane

Mr. Bernstein

Fortunio Bonanova

Fortunio Bonanova

Signor Matiste

Gus Schilling

Gus Schilling

John

Philip Van Zandt

Philip Van Zandt

Mr. Rawlston

Georgia Backus

Georgia Backus

Bertha Anderson

Harry Shannon

Harry Shannon

Jim Kane

Sonny Bupp

Sonny Bupp

Charles Foster Kane III

Buddy Swan

Young Charles Foster Kane

Gregg Toland

Interviewer

Don Ackerman

Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)

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