Citizen Kane

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Orson Welles

Buddy Swan

Sonny Bupp

Harry Shannon

Joseph Cotten

Everett Sloane

Agnes Moorehead

Ray Collins

Dorothy Comingore

George Coulouris

Paul Stewart

Ruth Warrick

Fortunio Bonanova

Gus Schilling

Erskine Sanford

Philip Van Zandt

William Alland

Gregg Toland

Herman J Mankiewicz

Bernard Herrmann

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19/01/1998

BBC Four - Citizen Kane

The story of newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane, told in a series of flashbacks.

A landmark in the history of cinema, telling the story of newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane in a series of flashbacks. Starring Orson Welles.

Frequently voted one of the best films ever made, Orson Welles's masterpiece tells the story of newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane in a series of flashbacks. A reporter is intrigued by the dying Kane's last word - rosebud - and sets out to find a new angle on the life of one of the most powerful men in America. Nine Oscar nominations resulted in only one award for the outspoken Welles - Best Screenplay.

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