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The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1 hour 48 minutes1996-01-29
7.2
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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.
Cast
![Richard Ben Cramer](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Richard Ben Cramer
Narrator (voice)
![William Alland](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
William Alland
Self
![Thomas Anderson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Thomas Anderson
Self
![Peter Bogdanovich](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oLcVhrnT8bMnnMIp4KqjiJAWyEg.jpg)
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
![Jimmy Breslin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jimmy Breslin
Self
![Marion Davies](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uclu1BBrtrp7HcDJ6FoGyiBE0UL.jpg)
Marion Davies
Self (archive footage)
![Leonard de Paur](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Leonard de Paur
Self
![Douglas Fairbanks Jr.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3G4LOkZWT8dBSHceuytkUj2cETC.jpg)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self
![Richard France](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jhlVqjHdfCC4i8i27Ezs9ImQhON.jpg)
Richard France
Self
![William Randolph Hearst](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
William Randolph Hearst
Self (archive footage)
![William Herz](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
William Herz
Self
![Sam Leve](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Sam Leve
Self
![Norman Lloyd](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//z7jg1zuFfC5jqn4kI40OGAOrD5U.jpg)
Norman Lloyd
Self
![Nancy Loe](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Nancy Loe
Self
![Frank Mankiewicz](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Frank Mankiewicz
Self
![Ruth Warrick](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hNrwfbcvhjFHm6xJVQojSFfmfuR.jpg)
Ruth Warrick
Self
![Orson Welles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//e9lGmqQq3EsHeUQgQLByo275hcc.jpg)
Orson Welles
Self (archive footage)
![Vern Whaley](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Vern Whaley
Self
![Robert Wise](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pRnAp3MY6SiupwRHLHXjsW6FhuA.jpg)
Robert Wise
Self
![David McCullough](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wgWz9xD6ZXl547LR4VrSQifsKUr.jpg)