Citizen Kane

About Citizen Kane

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.

Citizen Kane (1941) is a mystery film directed by Orson Welles. Released in April 1941, it runs 119 minutes.

Orson Welles appears as Charles Foster Kane, Joseph Cotten as Jedediah Leland, Dorothy Comingore as Susan Alexander Kane, and Ray Collins as Jim W. Gettys. Written by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles.

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Spotlight, Breathless, and Sweet Smell of Success make useful companions to Citizen Kane, all filed under newspaper. It scores 8.0 out of 10 from 6,318 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.