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The Battle Over Citizen Kane

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

★ 7.4/10•1996•1h 48m•NR•Documentary•TV Movie

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.

Thomas Lennon · Director

Thomas Lennon · Writer

Richard Ben Cramer · Writer

Michael Epstein · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 48m
LanguageEN
Release DateJan 29, 1996

Actors

Richard Ben Cramer

Narrator (voice)

William Alland

William Alland

Self

Thomas Anderson

Self

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

Self

Jimmy Breslin

Self

Marion Davies

Marion Davies

Self (archive footage)

Leonard de Paur

Self

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Self

Richard France

Richard France

Self

William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst

Self (archive footage)

William Herz

Self

Sam Leve

Self

Norman Lloyd

Norman Lloyd

Self

Nancy Loe

Self

Frank Mankiewicz

Self

Ruth Warrick

Ruth Warrick

Self

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