The Battle Over Citizen Kane
DocumentaryTV Movie
★ 7.4/1019961h 48mNR
Director: Thomas Lennon
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 acts as a relatively complete biograph of Hearst's career.
Runtime
1h 48m
Language
English
Released
Jan 29, 1996
Runtime
1h 48m
Language
English
Released
Jan 29, 1996
Cast
Richard Ben Cramer
Richard Ben Cramer
Narrator (voice)
William Alland
Self
Thomas Anderson
Thomas Anderson
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy Breslin
Self
Marion Davies
Self (archive footage)
Leonard de Paur
Leonard de Paur
Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self
Richard France
Self
William Randolph Hearst
Self (archive footage)
William Herz
William Herz
Self
Sam Leve
Sam Leve
Self
Norman Lloyd
Self
Nancy Loe
Nancy Loe
Self
Frank Mankiewicz
Frank Mankiewicz
Self
Ruth Warrick
Self
Orson Welles
Self (archive footage)
Vern Whaley
Vern Whaley
Self
Robert Wise
Self
David McCullough
Self - Host of The American Experience
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