CITIZEN KANE (
Citizen Kane(1941)
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1941 · FILM
Citizen Kane
A determined reporter uncovers the truth behind the enigmatic final word of a fallen newspaper tycoon, tracing his rise and fall through the lives he destroyed and the secrets he buried.
“Some called him a hero...others called him a heel.”
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Written by
Rated
MPA · Approved
Color
Black & White
Runtime
119 min
DramaMystery
Synopsis
Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper magnate, is taken from his mother during childhood and becomes the ward of a wealthy industrialist; consequently, each well‑meaning, tyrannical or self‑destructive action he undertakes throughout his life can be seen as a response to that formative trauma.
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A crew of 416+ credited
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Edited by Robert WiseShot by Gregg TolandScored by Bernard HerrmannSound by J O AalbergCostumes by Edward Stevenson
Box Office
1941 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 28× its budget
Why 2.5×?
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Worldwide gross
$23.2M
Budget$840K
Worldwide gross$23.2M
break-even (2.5×)
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Also known as
- (Flemish)Burger Kane
- Ciudadano Kanees
- Quarto potereit
Release dates around the world1 country · showhide
- United StatesMay 1, 1941
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Cast & Crew
416 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Dorothy Comingore
as Susan Alexander Kane
Agnes Moorehead
as Mary Kane
Everett Sloane
as Mr. Bernstein
William Alland
as Jerry Thompson
Paul Stewart
as Raymond
Joseph Cotten
as Screening Room Reporter
Ruth Warrick
as Emily Monroe Norton Kane
Ray Collins
as James W. Gettys
Erskine Sanford
as Screening Room Reporter
Orson Welles
as Kane
Loretta Agar
as Dancing Girl
Peter Allen
as Man in Senate Investigating Committee
Supporting cast
245Baudelio Alva
as Newsreel Man
T Lockwood Arbright
as Newsreel Man
Michael Audley
as Man in Projection Room
Richard Barr
as Hillman
Alva Baudena
as Man in Newsreel
Brandon Beach
as Train Passenger
William A Boardway
as Civic Leader
Robert Brent
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
James Brought
as Man in Newsreel
William Calkins
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Porter Chase
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Gene Chervow
as Man in Newsreel
Nat King Cole
as Pianist in 'El Rancho
Irene Crosby
as Dancer
Charles Cross
as Man at Opera
Ed Dahlen
as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Ernie Daniels
as Hireling
Coy Danz
as Nurse on Hospital Roof
Margaret Davis
as Dancer
Marie Day
Petra R De Silva
as Newswoman
Gayle Decamp
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Frances Deets
as Dancer
Lou Duello
as Man at Opera
Pauline Easterday
as Dancer
Richard Elmore
as Newsreel Man
Carl Faulkner Nm0269056
as Hermann Goring
Bess Flowers
as Dancer
Jack Floyd
as Hireling
Ray Flynn
as City Room Employee
Monty Ford
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Jean Forward
as Opera Singer
Al Frazier
as Gorilla Man
Guy Gada
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Gloria Gale
as Dancer
Captain Garcia
as General in News on the March
Bob Gladman
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Jerry Gordon
as Dancer
Frank Haney
as City Room Employee
Harry Harris
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Edward L Hemmer
Cliff Herd
as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Harlan Hoagland
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
John Huettner
as Man at Xanadu Great Hall
Jack Itay
as Man at Madison Square Garden
Jack Jahries
as Man in Newsreel
Ceepee Johnson
as Drummer on 'It Can't Be Love' at Beach Party
Clayton Jones
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Harry Jones
as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Alexander Julian
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
William Kane
as Man on Hospital Roof
Ivy Keene
as Car-Driver, Woman in Loggia Scene
Kenneth Kendall
as Extra
E Kerry
as Person in Front of Chronicle Building
Laura Knight
as Dancer
Robert Lawson
as City Room Employee
David Ledner
as Man in Newsreel
Adam Linke
as Druggist
J D Lockhart
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Mary Lorraine
as Dancer
Evelyn Mackert
as Woman at Boat Dock
Jack Manolas
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Joe Manz
as Jennings
Loretta Marsh
as Dancer
Lee Mccluskey
as Newsreel Man
Jim Merritt
as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
E G Miller
as Neville Chamberlain, Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Jack Morton
as Butler
J R Ralston
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Alton Redd
as Singer performing 'It Can't Be Love' at Beach Party
William Reed
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Verne Richards
as City Room Employee
Jack Robbins
as Newsreel Man
George Rogers
as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Jack Ryan
as Man at Madison Square Garden
Robert Samven
as Newsreel Man
Jack Santoro
as Man at Xanadu Great Hall
Ruth Seeley
as Dancer
Brent Shugar
as Newsreel Man
Guy Smith
as Newsreel Man
Roy Smith
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Vince Speaker
as Newsreel Man
George Sperry
as City Room Employee
Sam Steele
as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Ralph Stein
as Hireling
Dimas Sutteno
as Newsreel Man
Jack Taylor
as Newsreel Man
Norman Taylor
as Man in Senate Investigating Committee
Karl Thomas
as Jetsam
Robert B Tobin
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Kathryn Trosper
as Reporter at Xanadu
Fred Trowbridge
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Glenn Turnbull
as Flotsam
Tim Wallace
as Newsreel Man
Ken Weaver
as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Charles West
as Stage Manager
Patrick Whitney
as Reporter
Bill Wilkens
as Man on Roof
Vivian Wilson
as Dancer
Vera Winters
as Woman in Projection Room
Louis Young
as Newsreel Man
Thomas Pogue
as Man (uncredited)
George Coulouris
as Walter Parks Thatcher
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)
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)
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)
Finn Zirzow
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Sam Harris
as Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Dorothy Cleveland
as Woman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited)
Directors
1Writers
5Producers
2Other crew
169Harry J Wild
additional photographer (uncredited)
Jean Forward
adr voice (uncredited)
Ross J Dowd
art department assistant (uncredited)
Van Nest Polglase
Art Director, art department coordinator
Hilyard M Brown
assistant art director (uncredited)
Eddie Garvin
assistant camera (uncredited)
Mark Robson
assistant editor (uncredited)
Layne Britton
assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Richard Barr
assistant: Mr. Welles (uncredited)
Richard Wilson
assistant: Mr. Welles (uncredited)
William Alland
assistant: Mr. Welles (uncredited)
Perry Ferguson
associate art director
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