
About
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.
Cast

William Alland
Jerry Thompson/Narrator

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
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Lists
#96 on IMDb top 250 IMDb
#1 on 1,000 greatest films They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
#28 on Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time Empire
Awards
Oscar for Best Writing, Original Screenplay Orson Welles Herman J. Mankiewicz
Oscar nomination for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture Bernard Herrmann
Oscar nomination for Best Sound, Recording
Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Gregg Toland