Release Date: 1941
Run time: 119 minutes
Rating: PG
Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
Director: Orson Welles
Screenwriter(s): Orson Welles, Herman J. Mankiewicz, John Houseman
Main Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore
Based on/Inspired by: While not based on a book, the film's protagonist closely resembles William Randolph Hearst. (Hearst fought the film’s production from the start, and, when he was unsuccessful in his efforts to ban the film outright, he reportedly barred mention of it in his newspapers.)
Additional Information: Though now considered one of the best films of all time, Citizen Kane initially flopped at the box office.
The Making of Citizen Kane
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