1941 • NR • 1h 59m
8/10
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Overview
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich 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.
8/10
( users) Cast / Crew 
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 
Erskine Sanford Herbert Carter 
William Alland Jerry Thompson/Narrator 
Everett Sloane Mr. Bernstein 
Fortunio Bonanova Signor Matiste 
Gus Schilling John 
Philip Van Zandt Mr. Rawlston 
Georgia Backus Bertha Anderson 
Gregg Toland Director of Photography 
Bernard Herrmann Original Music Composer 
Robert Wise Editor Orson Welles Screenplay Orson Welles Producer 
Van Nest Polglase Art Direction 
Herman J. Mankiewicz Screenplay Orson Welles Director 
Vernon L. Walker Special Effects Edward Stevenson Costume Design James G. Stewart Sound Recordist Bernard Herrmann Conductor Bailey Fesler Sound Recordist
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 Erskine Sanford Herbert Carter William Alland Jerry Thompson/Narrator Everett Sloane Mr. Bernstein Fortunio Bonanova Signor Matiste Gus Schilling John Philip Van Zandt Mr. Rawlston Georgia Backus Bertha Anderson Gregg Toland Director of Photography Bernard Herrmann Original Music Composer Robert Wise Editor Orson Welles Screenplay Orson Welles Producer Van Nest Polglase Art Direction Herman J. Mankiewicz Screenplay Orson Welles Director Vernon L. Walker Special Effects Edward Stevenson Costume Design James G. Stewart Sound Recordist Bernard Herrmann Conductor Bailey Fesler Sound Recordist 
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