Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

119 mins | Drama, Mystery | April 17, 1941

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

119 mins | Drama, Mystery | April 17, 1941

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.
IMDb rating 8.3
Producers RKO Radio Pictures, Mercury Productions
Original title Citizen Kane
Directors Orson Welles
Writers Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles

Cast

Orson Welles

as Charles Foster Kane

Joseph Cotten

as Jedediah Leland

Dorothy Comingore

as Susan Alexander Kane

Ray Collins

as Jim W. Gettys

George Coulouris

as Walter Parks Thatcher

Agnes Moorehead

as Mary Kane

Paul Stewart

as Raymond

Ruth Warrick

as Emily Norton Kane

Erskine Sanford

as Herbert Carter

William Alland

as Jerry Thompson/Narrator

Everett Sloane

as Mr. Bernstein

Fortunio Bonanova

as Signor Matiste

Gus Schilling

as John

Philip Van Zandt

as Mr. Rawlston

Georgia Backus

as Bertha Anderson

Harry Shannon

as Jim Kane

Sonny Bupp

as Charles Foster Kane III

Buddy Swan

as Young Charles Foster Kane

Gregg Toland

as Interviewer

Don Ackerman

as Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)

Nat King Cole

as Pianist in 'El Rancho' (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

as Gino (uncredited)

Maurice Costello

as Extra (uncredited)

Demetrius Alexis

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Gene Coogan

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Art Dupuis

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Mike Lally

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Walter Lawrence

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

John Northpole

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Victor Romito

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Bob Terry

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

William Alston

as Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

as Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

as Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)

Carmen Laroux

as Maid in Xanadu Hall (uncredited)

Sam Ash

as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)

Buddy Messinger

as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)

Terrance Ray

as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)

Sally Corner

as Woman at Boat Dock (uncredited)

Walter Bacon

as City Room Employee (uncredited)

Herbert Corthell

as City Editor (uncredited)

Harry A. Bailey

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Danny Borzage

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

J.J. Clark

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Carl Deloro

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Jack Egan

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Robert Haines

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Ludwig Lowry

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

John McCormack

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Hercules Mendez

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Paddy O'Flynn

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Sam Rice

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Don Roberts

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Larry Wheat

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Larry Williams

as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Joan Blair

as Georgia (uncredited)

Morgan Brown

as Servant (uncredited)

Harry Burkhardt

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

as Inquirer Reporter (uncredited)

Eddie Coke

as Reporter (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

as Reporter (uncredited)

Arthur O'Connell

as Reporter (uncredited)

Guy Repp

as Reporter (uncredited)

Tom Steele

as Reporter (uncredited)

Richard Wilson

as Reporter (uncredited)

Louise Currie

as Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)

Walter Sande

as Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)

Jan Wiley

as Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

as Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)

Buck Mack

as Reporter at Boat Deck (uncredited)

Alan Ladd

as Reporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited)

Thomas A. Curran

as Teddy Roosevelt (uncredited)

Jack Curtis

as Boss Printer (uncredited)

George Noisom

as Copy Boy (uncredited)

Gerald Pierce

as Copy Boy Delivering Message in Chicago Hotel Room (uncredited)

Dona Dax

as House Maid (uncredited)

George DeNormand

as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)

Bud Geary

as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)

Bert LeBaron

as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)

Clyde McAtee

as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)

Roland Winters

as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)

Lew Harvey

as Newspaperman (uncredited)

Herman J. Mankiewicz

as Newspaperman (uncredited)

Eddie Dew

as Man in Projection Room (uncredited)

Perc Launders

as Man in Projection Room (uncredited)

John Dilson

as Ward Heeler (uncredited)

Walter James

as Ward Heeler (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

as Photographer (uncredited)

Suzanne Dulier

as French Maid (uncredited)

Al Eben

as Solly (uncredited)

Johnny Eckert

as Car-Driver (uncredited)

Carl Ekberg

as Adolf Hitler (uncredited)

Edith Evanson

as Leland's Nurse (uncredited)

Carl Faulkner

as Hermann Goring (uncredited)

Juanita Fields

as Dancer (uncredited)

Edna Mae Jones

as Dancer (uncredited)

Leda Nicova

as Dancer (uncredited)

Jolane Reynolds

as Dancer (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

as Dancer (uncredited)

Olin Francis

as Expressman (uncredited)

Louise Franklin

as Susan's Maid (uncredited)

Renee Godfrey

as Nurse (uncredited)

Peter Gowland

as Guest (uncredited)

Jimmy Grant

as Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)

Jesse Graves

as Joseph (uncredited)

Ernest Grooney

as Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)

Jack Gwynne

as Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)

Teddy Mangean

as Man on Roof (uncredited)

Henry Hebert

as Best Man at Wedding (uncredited)

Bryan 'Slim' Hightower

as Fish Driver (uncredited)

Mitchell Ingraham

as Politician (uncredited)

Philip Morris

as Politician (uncredited)

Francis Sayles

as Politician (uncredited)

George W. Jimenez

as Waiter at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Ellen Lowe

as Ms. Townsend (uncredited)

James T. Mack

as Prompter (uncredited)

Mickey Martin

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Bruce Sidney

as Newsman (uncredited)

Major McBride

as Shadowgraph Man (uncredited)

Frank McLure

as (uncredited)

Charles Meakin

as Civic Leader (uncredited)

Edward Peil Jr.

as Civic Leader (uncredited)

Irving Mitchell

as Dr. Corey (uncredited)

Frances E. Neal

as Ethel (uncredited)

Lillian Nicholson

as Woman at Opera (uncredited)

Joseph North

as Secretary (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

as Secretary (uncredited)

Field Norton

as Opera Spectator (uncredited)

Dick Scott

as Opera Spectator (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

as Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)

Russ Powell

as Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

as Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)

Thomas Pogue

as Man (uncredited)

Lillian O'Malley

as Woman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited)

Jack Raymond

as Stagehand (uncredited)

Gohr Van Vleck

as Stagehand (uncredited)

Myrtle Rishell

as Big Governess (uncredited)

Benny Rubin

as Smather (uncredited)

Shimen Ruskin

as Hireling (uncredited)

George Sherwood

as Hireling (uncredited)

Edward Ryan

as Man in Inquirer City Room (uncredited)

Landers Stevens

as Senate Investigator (uncredited)

Harry J. Vejar

as Portuguese Laborer (uncredited)

Tudor Williams

as Chorus Master (uncredited)

Arthur Yeoman

as Speaker (uncredited)

Tim Davis

as Copy Boy (uncredited)

Charles Bennett

as Entertainer (uncredited)

Arthur Kay

as Orchestra Leader (Uncredited)

John Alban

as Reporter (uncredited)