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Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

Release: 1941-04-17 ·Runtime: 119m ·★ 8.0
Mystery 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.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Mercury Productions
RKO Radio Pictures

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Shimen Ruskin Shimen Ruskin as Hireling (uncredited) Arthur O'Connell Arthur O'Connell as Reporter (uncredited) Edward Peil Jr. Edward Peil Jr. as Civic Leader (uncredited) Everett Sloane Everett Sloane as Mr. Bernstein George Coulouris George Coulouris as Walter Parks Thatcher Louis Natheaux Louis Natheaux as Reporter (uncredited) John McCormack John McCormack as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) Larry Wheat Larry Wheat as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) Dona Dax Dona Dax as House Maid (uncredited) Georgia Backus Georgia Backus as Bertha Anderson Alan Ladd Alan Ladd as Reporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited) Edith Evanson Edith Evanson as Leland's Nurse (uncredited) Agnes Moorehead Agnes Moorehead as Mary Kane Harry Shannon Harry Shannon as Jim Kane Louise Currie Louise Currie as Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited) Jesse Graves Jesse Graves as Joseph (uncredited) Gino Corrado Gino Corrado as Gino (uncredited) Bob Terry Bob Terry as Newsreel Man (uncredited) Robert Dudley Robert Dudley as Photographer (uncredited) Erskine Sanford Erskine Sanford as Herbert Carter Maurice Costello Maurice Costello as Extra (uncredited) Eddie Dew Eddie Dew as Man in Projection Room (uncredited) Walter James Walter James as Ward Heeler (uncredited) Paul Stewart Paul Stewart as Raymond William Alland William Alland as Jerry Thompson/Narrator Frank O'Connor Frank O'Connor as Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited) Walter Sande Walter Sande as Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited) Charles Meakin Charles Meakin as Civic Leader (uncredited) Gus Schilling Gus Schilling as John Sam Ash Sam Ash as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited) Cyril Ring Cyril Ring as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited) Suzanne Ridgway Suzanne Ridgway as Dancer (uncredited) Jack Egan Jack Egan as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) Lew Harvey Lew Harvey as Newspaperman (uncredited) Olin Francis Olin Francis as Expressman (uncredited) William H. O'Brien William H. O'Brien as Secretary (uncredited) John Northpole John Northpole as Newsreel Man (uncredited) Herman J. Mankiewicz Herman J. Mankiewicz as Newspaperman (uncredited) Landers Stevens Landers Stevens as Senate Investigator (uncredited) Dorothy Comingore Dorothy Comingore as Susan Alexander Kane Larry Williams Larry Williams as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) Milton Kibbee Milton Kibbee as Reporter at Wedding (uncredited) Edward Ryan Edward Ryan as Man in Inquirer City Room (uncredited) Sonny Bupp Sonny Bupp as Charles Foster Kane III Ray Collins Ray Collins as Jim W. Gettys Roland Winters Roland Winters as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited) Renee Godfrey Renee Godfrey as Nurse (uncredited) Harry Burkhardt Harry Burkhardt as Wedding Guest (uncredited) J.J. Clark J.J. Clark as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) Gene Coogan Gene Coogan as Newsreel Man (uncredited) Russ Powell Russ Powell as Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited) Bert Stevens Bert Stevens as Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited) Tim Davis Tim Davis as Copy Boy (uncredited) Ruth Warrick Ruth Warrick as Emily Norton Kane Philip Van Zandt Philip Van Zandt as Mr. Rawlston Buddy Messinger Buddy Messinger as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited) Orson Welles Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane Benny Rubin Benny Rubin as Smather (uncredited) Bud Geary Bud Geary as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited) Henry Hebert Henry Hebert as Best Man at Wedding (uncredited) Fortunio Bonanova Fortunio Bonanova as Signor Matiste Edmund Cobb Edmund Cobb as Inquirer Reporter (uncredited) John Dilson John Dilson as Ward Heeler (uncredited) Joseph Cotten Joseph Cotten as Jedediah Leland Mike Lally Mike Lally as Newsreel Man (uncredited) Mitchell Ingraham Mitchell Ingraham as Politician (uncredited) Frank McLure Frank McLure as (uncredited)