Citizen Kane
- Release Date
- April 17, 1941
- Director
- Orson Welles
- Cast
- Orson Welles , Joseph Cotten , Dorothy Comingore , Agnes Moorehead , Ruth Warrick , Ray Collins
- Runtime
- 119
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- Herman J. Mankiewicz , Orson Welles , John Houseman , Roger Q. Denny , Mollie Kent
- Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Tagline
- Everybody's talking about it!
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