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World Cinema Triple Bill presenting: Orson Welles's Citizen Kane

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on BBC Two England

The first of three films by Orson Welles begins this new season featuring the work of the world's leading directors
Starring Orson Welles
with Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead

'The biggest electric train set any boy ever had!'- Orson Welles's own description of the Hollywood studios where he made Citizen Kane - his first film - at the age of 25
(Orson Welles, working his way down from the top: page 6; This Week's Films: page 11)

Contributors

Screenplay/Produced and directed by:
Orson Welles
Screenplay:
H. Mankiewicz
Jedediah Leland:
Joseph Cotten
Susan Alexander:
Dorothy Comingore
Mr Bernstein:
Everett Sloane
James W Gettys:
Ray Collins
Walter Parks Thatcher:
George Coulouris
Mrs Kane:
Agnes Moorehead
Kane's father:
Harry Shannon
Kane:
Orson Welles
Source: Radio Times

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