Citizen Kane

1941 Orson Welles 1h 59m
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.

Cast

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

Vibes

Curious Visually Stunning Critic Favorite
The Filmatic Record No. 5 in The Filmatic 100

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