Citizen Kane

SPECIAL EVENTS 85TH ANNIVERSARY! Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance. More info

When a reporter is assigned to decipher newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) dying words, his investigation gradually reveals the fascinating portrait of a complex man who rose from obscurity to staggering heights. Though Kane's friend and colleague Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten), and his mistress, Susan Alexander (Dorothy Comingore), shed fragments of light on Kane's life, the reporter fears he may never penetrate the mystery of the elusive man's final word, "Rosebud."

Rating: G

Runtime: 119 mins

Director: Orson Welles

Actors: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Everett Sloane, Paul Stewart, Erskine Sanford, Ray Collins, George Coulouris, William Alland

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