The Battle Over Citizen Kane

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

108 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Jan. 29, 1996

Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also as a relative complete bio of Hearst.

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

108 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Jan. 29, 1996

The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also as a relative complete bio of Hearst.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers WGBH Boston
Original title The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Directors Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein
Writers Thomas Lennon, Richard Ben Cramer

Cast

Richard Ben Cramer

as Narrator (voice)

William Alland

as Self

Thomas Anderson

as Self

Jimmy Breslin

as Self

Marion Davies

as Self (archive footage)

Leonard de Paur

as Self

Richard France

as Self

William Randolph Hearst

as Self (archive footage)

William Herz

as Self

Sam Leve

as Self

Norman Lloyd

as Self

Nancy Loe

as Self

Ruth Warrick

as Self

Orson Welles

as Self (archive footage)

Vern Whaley

as Self

Robert Wise

as Self

David McCullough

as Self (Host - The American Experience)