The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Directed by Michael Epstein and Thomas Lennon
1996    1h 48m    Not Rated
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.
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Cast of The Battle Over Citizen Kane
  • Richard Ben CramerNarrator (voice)
  • William AllandSelf
  • Thomas AndersonSelf
  • Peter BogdanovichSelf
  • Jimmy BreslinSelf
  • Marion DaviesSelf (archive footage)
  • Leonard de PaurSelf
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Self
  • Richard FranceSelf
  • William Randolph HearstSelf (archive footage)
  • William HerzSelf
  • Sam LeveSelf
  • Norman LloydSelf
  • Nancy LoeSelf
  • Frank MankiewiczSelf
  • Ruth WarrickSelf
  • Orson WellesSelf (archive footage)
  • Vern WhaleySelf
  • Robert WiseSelf
  • David McCulloughSelf (Host - The American Experience)

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