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Feature film — 1941

Citizen Kane (1941)

8.01h 59mMystery — Drama

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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A high-signal pick with 6,320 votes.

Mercury Productions / RKO Radio Pictures

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Director: Orson Welles

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Cast & crew

Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane

Orson Welles

Charles Foster Kane

Joseph Cotten as Jedediah Leland

Joseph Cotten

Jedediah Leland

Dorothy Comingore as Susan Alexander Kane

Dorothy Comingore

Susan Alexander Kane

Ray Collins as Jim W. Gettys

Ray Collins

Jim W. Gettys

George Coulouris as Walter Parks Thatcher

George Coulouris

Walter Parks Thatcher

Agnes Moorehead as Mary Kane

Agnes Moorehead

Mary Kane

Paul Stewart as Raymond

Paul Stewart

Raymond

Ruth Warrick as Emily Norton Kane

Ruth Warrick

Emily Norton Kane

Erskine Sanford as Herbert Carter

Erskine Sanford

Herbert Carter

William Alland as Jerry Thompson/Narrator

William Alland

Jerry Thompson/Narrator

Everett Sloane as Mr. Bernstein

Everett Sloane

Mr. Bernstein

Fortunio Bonanova as Signor Matiste

Fortunio Bonanova

Signor Matiste

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