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Citizen Kane
Directed by Orson Welles
1941•1h 59m•NR•★ 8.0
Mystery / Drama
Synopsis
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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DirectorOrson Welles
WriterOrson WellesHerman J. Mankiewicz
CinematographyGregg Toland
MusicBernard Herrmann
Principal Cast
Orson WellesCharles Foster Kane
Joseph CottenJedediah Leland
Dorothy ComingoreSusan Alexander Kane
Ray CollinsJim W. Gettys
George CoulourisWalter Parks Thatcher
Agnes MooreheadMary Kane
Paul StewartRaymond
Ruth WarrickEmily Norton Kane
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Runtime1h 59m (119 mins)
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DirectorOrson Welles
LanguagesEnglish
CountryUS
StudioMercury Productions • RKO Radio Pictures
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