The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Status:
Released
Production:
GBH
Aired:
1996-01-29
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
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.
Documentary
TV Movie
Characters
Richard Ben Cramer
Narrator (voice)
William Alland
Self
Thomas Anderson
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
Jimmy Breslin
Self
Marion Davies
Self (archive footage)
Leonard de Paur
Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self
Richard France
Self
William Randolph Hearst
Self (archive footage)
William Herz
Self
Sam Leve
Self
Norman Lloyd
Self
Nancy Loe
Self
Frank Mankiewicz
Self
Ruth Warrick
Self
Orson Welles
Self (archive footage)
Vern Whaley
Self
Robert Wise
Self
David McCullough
Self - Host of The American Experience