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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.
Language
Budget$839,727
Revenue $23,218,000
English
Budget$839,727
Revenue $23,218,000
Keywords
media tycoon
florida
art collector
newspaper
capitalist
journalist
sleigh
banker
american dream
failure
money
black and white
told in flashback
snowglobes
kids
serious
based on real person
Casts
Orson Welles
Charles Foster Kane
Joseph Cotten
Jedediah Leland
Dorothy Comingore
Susan Alexander Kane
Ray Collins
Jim W. Gettys
George Coulouris
Walter Parks Thatcher
Agnes Moorehead
Mary Kane
Paul Stewart
Raymond
Ruth Warrick
Emily Norton Kane
Erskine Sanford
Herbert Carter
William Alland
Jerry Thompson/Narrator
Everett Sloane
Mr. Bernstein
Fortunio Bonanova
Signor Matiste
Gus Schilling
John
Philip Van Zandt
Mr. Rawlston
Georgia Backus
Bertha Anderson
Harry Shannon
Jim Kane
Sonny Bupp
Charles Foster Kane III
Buddy Swan
Young Charles Foster Kane
Gregg Toland
Interviewer
Don Ackerman
Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Gino (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
Extra (uncredited)
Demetrius Alexis
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Art Dupuis
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Walter Lawrence
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
John Northpole
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Victor Romito
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Bob Terry
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
William Alston
Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Carmen Laroux
Maid in Xanadu Hall (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Buddy Messinger
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Terrance Ray
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Sally Corner
Woman at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
City Room Employee (uncredited)
Herbert Corthell
City Editor (uncredited)
Harry A. Bailey
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
J.J. Clark
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Carl Deloro
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Jack Egan
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Ludwig Lowry
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
John McCormack
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Hercules Mendez
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Paddy O'Flynn
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Sam Rice
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Don Roberts
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Larry Williams
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Joan Blair
Georgia (uncredited)
Morgan Brown
Servant (uncredited)
Harry Burkhardt
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Inquirer Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Coke
Reporter (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
Reporter (uncredited)
Arthur O'Connell
Reporter (uncredited)
Guy Repp
Reporter (uncredited)
Tom Steele
Reporter (uncredited)
Richard Wilson
Reporter (uncredited)
Louise Currie
Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Walter Sande
Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Jan Wiley
Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)
Buck Mack
Reporter at Boat Deck (uncredited)
Alan Ladd
Reporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited)
Thomas A. Curran
Teddy Roosevelt (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
Boss Printer (uncredited)
George Noisom
Copy Boy (uncredited)
Gerald Pierce
Copy Boy Delivering Message in Chicago Hotel Room (uncredited)
Dona Dax
House Maid (uncredited)
George DeNormand
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Bud Geary
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Bert LeBaron
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Clyde McAtee
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Roland Winters
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
Newspaperman (uncredited)
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Newspaperman (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
Man in Projection Room (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Man in Projection Room (uncredited)
John Dilson
Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Walter James
Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Photographer (uncredited)
Suzanne Dulier
French Maid (uncredited)
Al Eben
Solly (uncredited)
Johnny Eckert
Car-Driver (uncredited)
Carl Ekberg
Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
Edith Evanson
Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
Carl Faulkner
Hermann Goring (uncredited)
Juanita Fields
Dancer (uncredited)
Edna Mae Jones
Dancer (uncredited)
Leda Nicova
Dancer (uncredited)
Jolane Reynolds
Dancer (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Dancer (uncredited)
Olin Francis
Expressman (uncredited)
Louise Franklin
Susan's Maid (uncredited)
Renee Godfrey
Nurse (uncredited)
Peter Gowland
Guest (uncredited)
Jimmy Grant
Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
Joseph (uncredited)
Ernest Grooney
Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)
Jack Gwynne
Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)
Teddy Mangean
Man on Roof (uncredited)
Henry Hebert
Best Man at Wedding (uncredited)
Bryan 'Slim' Hightower
Fish Driver (uncredited)
Mitchell Ingraham
Politician (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Politician (uncredited)
Francis Sayles
Politician (uncredited)
George W. Jimenez
Waiter at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Ellen Lowe
Ms. Townsend (uncredited)
James T. Mack
Prompter (uncredited)
Mickey Martin
Newsboy (uncredited)
Bruce Sidney
Newsman (uncredited)
Major McBride
Shadowgraph Man (uncredited)
Frank McLure
(uncredited)
Charles Meakin
Civic Leader (uncredited)
Edward Peil Jr.
Civic Leader (uncredited)
Irving Mitchell
Dr. Corey (uncredited)
Frances E. Neal
Ethel (uncredited)
Lillian Nicholson
Woman at Opera (uncredited)
Joseph North
Secretary (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Secretary (uncredited)
Field Norton
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Dick Scott
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Russ Powell
Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Thomas Pogue
Man (uncredited)
Lillian O'Malley
Woman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited)
Jack Raymond
Stagehand (uncredited)
Gohr Van Vleck
Stagehand (uncredited)
Myrtle Rishell
Big Governess (uncredited)
Benny Rubin
Smather (uncredited)
Shimen Ruskin
Hireling (uncredited)
George Sherwood
Hireling (uncredited)
Edward Ryan
Man in Inquirer City Room (uncredited)
Landers Stevens
Senate Investigator (uncredited)
Harry J. Vejar
Portuguese Laborer (uncredited)
Tudor Williams
Chorus Master (uncredited)
Arthur Yeoman
Speaker (uncredited)
Tim Davis
Copy Boy (uncredited)
Charles Bennett
Entertainer (uncredited)
Arthur Kay
Orchestra Leader (Uncredited)
John Alban
Reporter (uncredited)
Finn Zirzow
Audience Member (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Dorothy Cleveland
Woman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited)
Crews
Orson Welles
Screenplay
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Screenplay
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
Orson Welles
Director
Orson Welles
Producer
Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
Robert Wise
Editor
James G. Stewart
Sound Recordist
Bernard Herrmann
Conductor
Bailey Fesler
Sound Recordist
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