Film
Citizen Kane (1941)
Some called him a hero... others called him a heel.
Drama, Mystery· Directed by Orson Welles· 119 min
Overview
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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- The classic story of power and the press.
- I hate him! I love him! He's a scoundrel! He's a saint! He's crazy! He's a genius!
- 365 days in the making - and every minute of it an exciting NEW thrill for you!
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- It's Terrific!
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- Everybody's talking about it!
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- Radio's Most Dynamic Artist . . The Man At Whose Voice A Nation Trembled . . . Now the screen's most exciting NEW star! ORSON WELLES in the picture Hollywood said he'd never make
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Connections
Top billing
- Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane
- Joseph Cotten as Jedediah Leland
- Dorothy Comingore as Susan Alexander Kane
- Ray Collins as Jim W. Gettys
- George Coulouris as Walter Parks Thatcher