The Battle Over Citizen Kane
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Released: Jan 29, 1996
Runtime: 1h 48m
Rating: ⭐ 7.3 / 10
Documentary
TV Movie
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast
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)