Citizen Kane (1941)
It's terrific!
Genre : Mystery, Drama
Runtime : 1H 59M
Director : Orson Welles
Writer : Orson Welles, Herman J. Mankiewicz
Synopsis
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.
Charles Foster Kane
Jedediah Leland
Susan Alexander Kane
Jim W. Gettys
Walter Parks Thatcher
Mary Kane
Raymond
Emily Norton Kane
Herbert Carter
Jerry Thompson/Narrator
Mr. Bernstein
Signor Matiste
John
Mr. Rawlston
Bertha Anderson
Jim Kane
Charles Foster Kane III
Young Charles Foster Kane
Interviewer
Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)
Pianist in 'El Rancho' (uncredited)
Gino (uncredited)
Extra (uncredited)
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Maid in Xanadu Hall (uncredited)
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Woman at Boat Dock (uncredited)
City Room Employee (uncredited)
City Editor (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Georgia (uncredited)
Servant (uncredited)
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Inquirer Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)
Reporter at Boat Deck (uncredited)
Reporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited)
Teddy Roosevelt (uncredited)
Boss Printer (uncredited)
Copy Boy (uncredited)
Copy Boy Delivering Message in Chicago Hotel Room (uncredited)
House Maid (uncredited)
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Newspaperman (uncredited)
Newspaperman (uncredited)
Man in Projection Room (uncredited)
Man in Projection Room (uncredited)
Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Photographer (uncredited)
French Maid (uncredited)
Solly (uncredited)
Car-Driver (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
Hermann Goring (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Expressman (uncredited)
Susan's Maid (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
Guest (uncredited)
Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)
Joseph (uncredited)
Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)
Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)
Man on Roof (uncredited)
Best Man at Wedding (uncredited)
Fish Driver (uncredited)
Politician (uncredited)
Politician (uncredited)
Politician (uncredited)
Waiter at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Ms. Townsend (uncredited)
Prompter (uncredited)
Newsboy (uncredited)
Newsman (uncredited)
Shadowgraph Man (uncredited)
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Civic Leader (uncredited)
Civic Leader (uncredited)
Dr. Corey (uncredited)
Ethel (uncredited)
Woman at Opera (uncredited)
Secretary (uncredited)
Secretary (uncredited)
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Woman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited)
Stagehand (uncredited)
Stagehand (uncredited)
Big Governess (uncredited)
Smather (uncredited)
Hireling (uncredited)
Hireling (uncredited)
Man in Inquirer City Room (uncredited)
Senate Investigator (uncredited)
Portuguese Laborer (uncredited)
Chorus Master (uncredited)
Speaker (uncredited)
Copy Boy (uncredited)
Entertainer (uncredited)
Orchestra Leader (Uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
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