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Citizen Kane(1941)
Status: Released
Date: 1941-04-17
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5545 Votes
Time: 1h 59m
Some called him a hero...others called him a heel.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $839,727.00
Revenue: $23,218,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Mercury Productions
Movie: Citizen Kane
Top 10 Billed 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
Erskine Sanford
Herbert Carter
William Alland
Jerry Thompson/Narrator
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CITIZEN KANE: 75th Anniversary Trailer
'Citizen Kane' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times
Citizen Kane | "I'm An American" Clip | Warner Bros. Entertainment
Citizen Kane | "Kane for Governor" Clip | Warner Bros. Entertainment
Citizen Kane | "Kane Marries" Clip | Warner Bros. Entertainment
Citizen Kane | "Rosebud" Clip | Warner Bros. Entertainment
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CITIZEN KANE: 75th Anniversary Trailer - Trailer
'Citizen Kane' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times - Featurette
Citizen Kane | "I'm An American" Clip | Warner Bros. Entertainment - Clip
Citizen Kane | "Kane for Governor" Clip | Warner Bros. Entertainment - Clip
Citizen Kane | "Kane Marries" Clip | Warner Bros. Entertainment - Clip
Citizen Kane | "Rosebud" Clip | Warner Bros. Entertainment - Clip
Citizen Kane | "What I Think About Charlie Kane" Clip | Warner Bros. Entertainment - Clip
Citizen Kane | Charles Destroys Susan's Room | HBO Max - Clip
Citizen Kane | Rosebud | Warner Bros. Entertainment - Clip
Citizen Kane 80th Anniversary | September 19 & 22 Only - Teaser
Citizen Kane: Ultimate Collector's Edition | 25th Birthday Clip | Warner Bros. Entertainment - Clip
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