The Battle Over Citizen Kane

1996•1h 48m•Dir. Thomas Lennon

7.3

DocumentaryTV 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.

Jan 29, 1996

1h 48m

Cast

Richard Ben Cramer

Narrator (voice)

William Alland

Self

Thomas Anderson

Self

Peter Bogdanovich

Self

Jimmy Breslin

Self

Marion Davies

Self (archive footage)

Leonard de Paur

Self

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Self

Richard France

Self

William Randolph Hearst

Self (archive footage)

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