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The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Release Year
1996
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Documentary
TV Movie
Directed By
Thomas Lennon
Michael Epstein
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.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Richard Ben Cramer

Narrator (voice)

William Alland

Self

Thomas Anderson

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

Nancy Loe

Self

Crew

Thomas Lennon

Director

Michael Epstein

Director

Michael Chin

Director of Photography

Gregory Andracke

Director of Photography

Thomas Lennon

Producer

Michael Epstein

Producer

Thomas Lennon

Writer

Richard Ben Cramer

Writer

Brian Keane

Music

Judy Crichton

Executive Producer

Julie Sacks

Associate Producer

Margaret Drain

Supervising Producer

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