Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Cast & crew
Orson Welles
as Charles Foster Kane
Joseph Cotten
as Jedediah Leland
Dorothy Comingore
as Susan Alexander Kane
Ray Collins
as Jim W. Gettys
George Coulouris
as Walter Parks Thatcher
Agnes Moorehead
as Mary Kane
Paul Stewart
as Raymond
Ruth Warrick
as Emily Norton Kane
Erskine Sanford
as Herbert Carter
William Alland
as Jerry Thompson/Narrator
Everett Sloane
as Mr. Bernstein
Fortunio Bonanova
as Signor Matiste
Gus Schilling
as John
Philip Van Zandt
as Mr. Rawlston
Georgia Backus
as Bertha Anderson
Harry Shannon
as Jim Kane
Sonny Bupp
as Charles Foster Kane III
Buddy Swan
as Young Charles Foster Kane
Gregg Toland
as Interviewer
Don Ackerman
as Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)
Nat King Cole
as Pianist in 'El Rancho' (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
as Gino (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
as Extra (uncredited)
Demetrius Alexis
as Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
as Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Art Dupuis
as Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
as Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Walter Lawrence
as Newsreel Man (uncredited)
John Northpole
as Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Victor Romito
as Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Bob Terry
as Newsreel Man (uncredited)
William Alston
as Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
as Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
as Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Carmen Laroux
as Maid in Xanadu Hall (uncredited)
Sam Ash
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Buddy Messinger
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Terrance Ray
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Sally Corner
as Woman at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
as City Room Employee (uncredited)
Herbert Corthell
as City Editor (uncredited)
Harry A. Bailey
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
J.J. Clark
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Carl Deloro
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Jack Egan
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Robert Haines
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Ludwig Lowry
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
John McCormack
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Hercules Mendez
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Paddy O'Flynn
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Sam Rice
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Don Roberts
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Larry Williams
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Joan Blair
as Georgia (uncredited)
Morgan Brown
as Servant (uncredited)
Harry Burkhardt
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
as Inquirer Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Coke
as Reporter (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
as Reporter (uncredited)
Arthur O'Connell
as Reporter (uncredited)
Guy Repp
as Reporter (uncredited)
Tom Steele
as Reporter (uncredited)
Richard Wilson
as Reporter (uncredited)
Louise Currie
as Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Walter Sande
as Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Jan Wiley
as Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
as Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)
Buck Mack
as Reporter at Boat Deck (uncredited)
Alan Ladd
as Reporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited)
Thomas A. Curran
as Teddy Roosevelt (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
as Boss Printer (uncredited)
George Noisom
as Copy Boy (uncredited)
Gerald Pierce
as Copy Boy Delivering Message in Chicago Hotel Room (uncredited)
Dona Dax
as House Maid (uncredited)
George DeNormand
as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Bud Geary
as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Bert LeBaron
as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Clyde McAtee
as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Roland Winters
as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
as Newspaperman (uncredited)
Herman J. Mankiewicz
as Newspaperman (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
as Man in Projection Room (uncredited)
Perc Launders
as Man in Projection Room (uncredited)
John Dilson
as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Walter James
as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
as Photographer (uncredited)
Suzanne Dulier
as French Maid (uncredited)
Al Eben
as Solly (uncredited)
Johnny Eckert
as Car-Driver (uncredited)
Carl Ekberg
as Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
Edith Evanson
as Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
Carl Faulkner
as Hermann Goring (uncredited)
Juanita Fields
as Dancer (uncredited)
Edna Mae Jones
as Dancer (uncredited)
Leda Nicova
as Dancer (uncredited)
Jolane Reynolds
as Dancer (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
as Dancer (uncredited)
Olin Francis
as Expressman (uncredited)
Louise Franklin
as Susan's Maid (uncredited)
Renee Godfrey
as Nurse (uncredited)
Peter Gowland
as Guest (uncredited)
Jimmy Grant
as Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
as Joseph (uncredited)
Ernest Grooney
as Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)
Jack Gwynne
as Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)
Teddy Mangean
as Man on Roof (uncredited)
Henry Hebert
as Best Man at Wedding (uncredited)
Bryan 'Slim' Hightower
as Fish Driver (uncredited)
Mitchell Ingraham
as Politician (uncredited)
Philip Morris
as Politician (uncredited)
Francis Sayles
as Politician (uncredited)
George W. Jimenez
as Waiter at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Ellen Lowe
as Ms. Townsend (uncredited)
James T. Mack
as Prompter (uncredited)
Mickey Martin
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Bruce Sidney
as Newsman (uncredited)
Major McBride
as Shadowgraph Man (uncredited)
Frank McLure
as (uncredited)
Charles Meakin
as Civic Leader (uncredited)
Edward Peil Jr.
as Civic Leader (uncredited)
Irving Mitchell
as Dr. Corey (uncredited)
Frances E. Neal
as Ethel (uncredited)
Lillian Nicholson
as Woman at Opera (uncredited)
Joseph North
as Secretary (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Secretary (uncredited)
Field Norton
as Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Dick Scott
as Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Russ Powell
as Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Thomas Pogue
as Man (uncredited)
Lillian O'Malley
as Woman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited)
