The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Name: The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Cast: Richard Ben Cramer, William Alland, Thomas Anderson, Peter Bogdanovich, Jimmy Breslin

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Directors: Michael Epstein, Thomas LennonWriter: Richard Ben CramerProducer: Judy Crichton

Richard Ben Cramer

as Narrator (voice)

William Alland

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Thomas Anderson

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Peter Bogdanovich

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Jimmy Breslin

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Marion Davies

as Self (archive footage)

Leonard de Paur

as Self

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

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