Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

Mystery Drama

Storyline: 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.

Release Date: 1941-04-17

Original Language: en

Original Title: Citizen Kane

Status: Released

Runtime: 119 minutes

TagLine: Some called him a hero...others called him a heel.

Rating: (5677 votes)

Budget: $839,727

Revenue: $23,218,000

Production Companies: Mercury Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Spoken Languages: English

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Popularity:

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Cast Members

Orson Welles

Orson Welles (Charles Foster Kane)

45.82%

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten (Jedediah Leland)

31.48%

Dorothy Comingore

Dorothy Comingore (Susan Alexander Kane)

6.78%

Ray Collins

Ray Collins (Jim W. Gettys)

25.47%

George Coulouris

George Coulouris (Walter Parks Thatcher)

23.76%

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead (Mary Kane)

27.73%

Paul Stewart

Paul Stewart (Raymond)

28.79%

Ruth Warrick

Ruth Warrick (Emily Norton Kane)

24.13%

Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford (Herbert Carter)

14.63%

William Alland

William Alland (Jerry Thompson/Narrator)

12.35%

Everett Sloane

Everett Sloane (Mr. Bernstein)

24.91%

Fortunio Bonanova

Fortunio Bonanova (Signor Matiste)

23.73%

Gus Schilling

Gus Schilling (John)

13.23%

Philip Van Zandt

Philip Van Zandt (Mr. Rawlston)

22.23%

Georgia Backus

Georgia Backus (Bertha Anderson)

11.34%

Harry Shannon

Harry Shannon (Jim Kane)

20.76%

Sonny Bupp

Sonny Bupp (Charles Foster Kane III)

7.66%

Buddy Swan

Buddy Swan (Young Charles Foster Kane)

3.08%

Gregg Toland

Gregg Toland (Interviewer)

11.19%

Don Ackerman

Don Ackerman (Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited))

1.38%

Gino Corrado

Gino Corrado (Gino (uncredited))

23.61%

Maurice Costello

Maurice Costello (Extra (uncredited))

10.58%

Demetrius Alexis

Demetrius Alexis (Newsreel Man (uncredited))

4.26%

Gene Coogan

Gene Coogan (Newsreel Man (uncredited))

12.37%

Art Dupuis

Art Dupuis (Newsreel Man (uncredited))

9.47%

Rudy Germane

Rudy Germane (Newsreel Man (uncredited))

19.22%

Mike Lally

Mike Lally (Newsreel Man (uncredited))

21.69%

Walter Lawrence

Walter Lawrence (Newsreel Man (uncredited))

6.11%

John Northpole

John Northpole (Newsreel Man (uncredited))

4.85%

Victor Romito

Victor Romito (Newsreel Man (uncredited))

15.55%

Bob Terry

Bob Terry (Newsreel Man (uncredited))

7.46%

William Alston

William Alston (Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited))

1.38%

Jack Gargan

Jack Gargan (Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited))

15.51%

Bert Moorhouse

Bert Moorhouse (Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited))

20.26%

Carmen Laroux

Carmen Laroux (Maid in Xanadu Hall (uncredited))

8.22%

Sam Ash

Sam Ash (Man at Boat Dock (uncredited))

17.75%

Buddy Messinger

Buddy Messinger (Man at Boat Dock (uncredited))

8.08%

Terrance Ray

Terrance Ray (Man at Boat Dock (uncredited))

3.81%

Sally Corner

Sally Corner (Woman at Boat Dock (uncredited))

6.62%

Walter Bacon

Walter Bacon (City Room Employee (uncredited))

16.01%

Herbert Corthell

Herbert Corthell (City Editor (uncredited))

10.09%

Harry A. Bailey

Harry A. Bailey (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

6.70%

Danny Borzage

Danny Borzage (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

14.27%

J.J. Clark

J.J. Clark (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

2.10%

Tom Coleman

Tom Coleman (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

18.63%

Carl Deloro

Carl Deloro (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

8.12%

Jack Egan

Jack Egan (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

10.90%

Robert Haines

Robert Haines (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

15.79%

Ludwig Lowry

Ludwig Lowry (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

1.83%

John McCormack

John McCormack (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

3.04%

Hercules Mendez

Hercules Mendez (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

6.30%

Paddy O'Flynn

Paddy O'Flynn (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

7.22%

Sam Rice

Sam Rice (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

6.23%

Don Roberts

Don Roberts (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

6.26%

Larry Wheat

Larry Wheat (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

17.55%

Larry Williams

Larry Williams (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

8.89%

Joan Blair

Joan Blair (Georgia (uncredited))

10.81%

Morgan Brown

Morgan Brown (Servant (uncredited))

9.60%

Harry Burkhardt

Harry Burkhardt (Wedding Guest (uncredited))

2.56%

Edmund Cobb

Edmund Cobb (Inquirer Reporter (uncredited))

21.41%

Eddie Coke

Eddie Coke (Reporter (uncredited))

6.93%

Louis Natheaux

Louis Natheaux (Reporter (uncredited))

14.84%

Arthur O'Connell

Arthur O'Connell (Reporter (uncredited))

25.41%

Guy Repp

Guy Repp (Reporter (uncredited))

2.59%

Tom Steele

Tom Steele (Reporter (uncredited))

17.93%

Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson (Reporter (uncredited))

11.72%

Louise Currie

Louise Currie (Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited))

15.16%

Walter Sande

Walter Sande (Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited))

21.66%

Jan Wiley

Jan Wiley (Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited))

14.18%

Milton Kibbee

Milton Kibbee (Reporter at Wedding (uncredited))

24.93%

Buck Mack

Buck Mack (Reporter at Boat Deck (uncredited))

3.73%

Alan Ladd

Alan Ladd (Reporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited))

29.14%

Thomas A. Curran

Thomas A. Curran (Teddy Roosevelt (uncredited))

4.00%

Jack Curtis

Jack Curtis (Boss Printer (uncredited))

16.87%

George Noisom

George Noisom (Copy Boy (uncredited))

14.92%

Gerald Pierce

Gerald Pierce (Copy Boy Delivering Message in Chicago Hotel Room (uncredited))

6.19%

Dona Dax

Dona Dax (House Maid (uncredited))

5.25%

George DeNormand

George DeNormand (Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited))

18.40%

Bud Geary

Bud Geary (Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited))

17.05%

Bert LeBaron

Bert LeBaron (Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited))

5.02%

Clyde McAtee

Clyde McAtee (Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited))

3.57%

Cyril Ring

Cyril Ring (Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited))

20.30%

Roland Winters

Roland Winters (Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited))

18.24%

Lew Harvey

Lew Harvey (Newspaperman (uncredited))

11.36%

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Herman J. Mankiewicz (Newspaperman (uncredited))

19.80%

Eddie Dew

Eddie Dew (Man in Projection Room (uncredited))

14.15%

Perc Launders

Perc Launders (Man in Projection Room (uncredited))

14.02%

John Dilson

John Dilson (Ward Heeler (uncredited))

15.98%

Walter James

Walter James (Ward Heeler (uncredited))

9.88%

Robert Dudley

Robert Dudley (Photographer (uncredited))

14.28%

Suzanne Dulier

Suzanne Dulier (French Maid (uncredited))

5.59%

Al Eben

Al Eben (Solly (uncredited))

7.63%

Johnny Eckert

Johnny Eckert (Car-Driver (uncredited))

2.30%

Carl Ekberg

Carl Ekberg (Adolf Hitler (uncredited))

4.55%

Edith Evanson

Edith Evanson (Leland's Nurse (uncredited))

17.67%

Carl Faulkner

Carl Faulkner (Hermann Goring (uncredited))

4.95%

Juanita Fields

Juanita Fields (Dancer (uncredited))

1.12%

Edna Mae Jones

Edna Mae Jones (Dancer (uncredited))

3.69%

Leda Nicova

Leda Nicova (Dancer (uncredited))

2.90%

Jolane Reynolds

Jolane Reynolds (Dancer (uncredited))

1.39%

Suzanne Ridgway

Suzanne Ridgway (Dancer (uncredited))

17.54%

Olin Francis

Olin Francis (Expressman (uncredited))

8.36%

Louise Franklin

Louise Franklin (Susan's Maid (uncredited))

4.87%

Renee Godfrey

Renee Godfrey (Nurse (uncredited))

8.56%

Peter Gowland

Peter Gowland (Guest (uncredited))

2.94%

Jimmy Grant

Jimmy Grant (Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited))

1.52%

Jesse Graves

Jesse Graves (Joseph (uncredited))

10.96%

Ernest Grooney

Ernest Grooney (Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited))

2.47%

Jack Gwynne

Jack Gwynne (Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited))

1.85%

Teddy Mangean

Teddy Mangean (Man on Roof (uncredited))

3.59%

Henry Hebert

Henry Hebert (Best Man at Wedding (uncredited))

13.92%

Bryan 'Slim' Hightower

Bryan 'Slim' Hightower (Fish Driver (uncredited))

4.39%

Mitchell Ingraham

Mitchell Ingraham (Politician (uncredited))

7.22%

Philip Morris

Philip Morris (Politician (uncredited))

19.92%

Francis Sayles

Francis Sayles (Politician (uncredited))

9.92%

George W. Jimenez

George W. Jimenez (Waiter at Inquirer Party (uncredited))

1.26%

Ellen Lowe

Ellen Lowe (Ms. Townsend (uncredited))

8.16%

James T. Mack

James T. Mack (Prompter (uncredited))

6.74%

Mickey Martin

Mickey Martin (Newsboy (uncredited))

6.78%

Bruce Sidney

Bruce Sidney (Newsman (uncredited))

5.85%

Major McBride

Major McBride (Shadowgraph Man (uncredited))

2.73%

Frank McLure

Frank McLure ((uncredited))

13.19%

Charles Meakin

Charles Meakin (Civic Leader (uncredited))

15.42%

Edward Peil Jr.

Edward Peil Jr. (Civic Leader (uncredited))

3.39%

Irving Mitchell

Irving Mitchell (Dr. Corey (uncredited))

9.14%

Frances E. Neal

Frances E. Neal (Ethel (uncredited))

8.21%

Lillian Nicholson

Lillian Nicholson (Woman at Opera (uncredited))

2.68%

Joseph North

Joseph North (Secretary (uncredited))

15.30%

William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien (Secretary (uncredited))

18.67%

Field Norton

Field Norton (Opera Spectator (uncredited))

6.82%

Dick Scott

Dick Scott (Opera Spectator (uncredited))

4.32%

Frank O'Connor

Frank O'Connor (Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited))

20.29%

Russ Powell

Russ Powell (Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited))

11.10%

Bert Stevens

Bert Stevens (Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited))

19.78%

Thomas Pogue

Thomas Pogue (Man (uncredited))

6.22%

Lillian O'Malley

Lillian O'Malley (Woman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited))

11.74%

Jack Raymond

Jack Raymond (Stagehand (uncredited))

10.49%

Gohr Van Vleck

Gohr Van Vleck (Stagehand (uncredited))

5.31%

Myrtle Rishell

Myrtle Rishell (Big Governess (uncredited))

1.70%

Benny Rubin

Benny Rubin (Smather (uncredited))

17.11%

Shimen Ruskin

Shimen Ruskin (Hireling (uncredited))

12.11%

George Sherwood

George Sherwood (Hireling (uncredited))

9.99%

Edward Ryan

Edward Ryan (Man in Inquirer City Room (uncredited))

8.03%

Landers Stevens

Landers Stevens (Senate Investigator (uncredited))

10.50%

Harry J. Vejar

Harry J. Vejar (Portuguese Laborer (uncredited))

5.36%

Tudor Williams

Tudor Williams (Chorus Master (uncredited))

4.41%

Arthur Yeoman

Arthur Yeoman (Speaker (uncredited))

3.77%

Tim Davis

Tim Davis (Copy Boy (uncredited))

10.15%

Charles Bennett

Charles Bennett (Entertainer (uncredited))

8.12%

Arthur Kay

Arthur Kay (Orchestra Leader (Uncredited))

1.00%

John Alban

John Alban (Reporter (uncredited))

11.65%

Finn Zirzow

Finn Zirzow (Audience Member (uncredited))

17.09%

Sam Harris

Sam Harris (Newsreel Man (uncredited))

18.83%

Dorothy Cleveland

Dorothy Cleveland (Woman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited))

1.00%

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