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Citizen Kane
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Directed By
Orson Welles
Written By
Herman J. Mankiewicz
original screen play
Orson Welles
original screen play
John Houseman
contributing writer
Roger Q. Denny
contributing writer
Mollie Kent
contributing writer
Cast
Joseph Cotten
Jedediah Leland / Screening Room Reporter
Dorothy Comingore
Susan Alexander Kane
Agnes Moorehead
Mary Kane
Ruth Warrick
Emily Monroe Norton Kane
Ray Collins
James W. Gettys
Erskine Sanford
Herbert Carter / Screening Room Reporter
Everett Sloane
Mr. Bernstein
William Alland
Jerry Thompson
Paul Stewart
Raymond
George Coulouris
Walter Parks Thatcher
Fortunio Bonanova
Matiste
Gus Schilling
The Headwaiter / Screening Room Reporter
Philip Van Zandt
Mr. Rawlston
Georgia Backus
Miss Anderson
Harry Shannon
Kane's Father
Sonny Bupp
Kane III
Buddy Swan
Kane - Age Eight
Orson Welles
Kane
Don Ackerman
Man at Party in Everglades
Loretta Agar
Dancing Girl
John Alban
Reporter
Demetrius Alexis
Newsreel Man
Peter Allen
Man in Senate Investigating Committee
William Alston
Man at Xanadu Great Hall
Baudelio Alva
Newsreel Man
T. Lockwood Arbright
Newsreel Man
Sam Ash
Man at Boat Dock
Michael Audley
Man in Projection Room
Walter Bacon
City Room Employee
Harry A. Bailey
Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Richard Barr
Hillman
Alva Baudena
Man in Newsreel
Brandon Beach
Train Passenger
Charles Bennett
Entertainer
Joan Blair
Georgia
William A. Boardway
Civic Leader
Danny Borzage
Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Robert Brent
Man Singing at Inquirer Party
James Brought
Man in Newsreel
Morgan Brown
Servant
Harry Burkhardt
Wedding Guest
William Calkins
Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Porter Chase
Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Gene Chervow
Man in Newsreel
J.J. Clark
Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Dorothy Cleveland
Woman in Front of Chronicle Building
Edmund Cobb
Inquirer Reporter
Eddie Coke
Reporter
Nat 'King' Cole
Pianist in 'El Rancho'
Tom Coleman
Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Gene Coogan
Newsreel Man
Sally Corner
Woman at Boat Deck
Gino Corrado
Gino
Herbert Corthell
City Editor
Maurice Costello
Extra
Irene Crosby
Dancer
Charles Cross
Man at Opera
Thomas A. Curran
Teddy Roosevelt
Louise Currie
Reporter at Xanadu
Jack Curtis
Boss Printer
Ed Dahlen
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Ernie Daniels
Hireling
Coy Danz
Nurse on Hospital Roof
Margaret Davis
Dancer
Tim Davis
Copy Boy
Dona Dax
House Maid
Marie Day
Petra R. de Silva
Newswoman
Gayle DeCamp
Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Frances Deets
Dancer
Carl Deloro
Man Singing at Inquirer Party
George DeNormand
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Eddie Dew
Man in Projection Room
John Dilson
Ward Heeler
Robert Dudley
Photographer
Lou Duello
Man at Opera
Suzanne Dulier
French Maid
Art Dupuis
Newsreel Man
Pauline Easterday
Dancer
Al Eben
Solly
Johnny Eckert
Car-Driver
Jack Egan
Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Carl Ekberg
Adolf Hitler
Richard Elmore
Newsreel Man
Edith Evanson
Leland's Nurse
Carl Faulkner
Hermann Goring
Juanita Fields
Dancer
Bess Flowers
Dancer
Jack Floyd
Hireling
Ray Flynn
City Room Employee
Monty Ford
Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Jean Forward
Opera Singer
Olin Francis
Expressman
Louise Franklin
Susan's Maid
Al Frazier
Gorilla Man
Guy Gada
Man Singing at Inquirer Party
Gloria Gale
Dancer
Captain Garcia
General in News on the March
Jack Gargan
Man at Xanadu Great Hall
Bud Geary
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Produced By
George Schaefer
executive producer
Orson Welles
producer
Music
Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography
Gregg Toland
Cinematographer
Sound
Bailey Fesler
sound recordist
James G. Stewart
sound recordist
John Aalberg
sound supervisor
Harry Essman
special sound effects
John C. Grubb
sound tester
Terry Kellum
sound recordist
T. Kilburn
sound tester
Hugh McDowell Jr.
recordist
Earl B. Mounce
sound tester
Louis Page
sound department
Clem Portman
sound re-recordist
James Thompson
boom operator
John E. Tribby
sound tester
Edward Ullman
sound recordist
Truman K. Wood
sound effects editor
Editing
Robert Wise
Casting Director
Rufus Le Maire
Casting Director
Robert Palmer
Casting Director
Art Direction
Van Nest Polglase
Set Design
Sydney Moore
Set Decorator
Darrell Silvera
Set Decorator
Costumes
Edward Stevenson
Makeup
Mel Berns
makeup supervisor
Layne Britton
assistant makeup artist
Maurice Seiderman
makeup artist
Special Effects
Vernon L. Walker
special effects
Visual Effects
Russell A. Cully
visual effects cinematographer
Linwood G. Dunn
optical effects
Fitch Fulton
matte painter
Mario Larrinaga
matte painter
Bill Leeds
optical printer
Pete Love
optical printer
Douglas Travers
montage effects
Assistant Director
Eddie Donahoe
first assistant director
Fred Fleck
second assistant director
Production Management
Pandro S. Berman
executive in charge of production
J.R. Crone
production manager
Lee S. Marcus
post-production supervisor
Art Department
Perry Ferguson
associate art director
Allan Abbott
sketches and graphics
Harold Barry
construction coordinator
Chesley Bonestell
background painter
Hilyard M. Brown
assistant art director
Ross Dowd
art department assistant
A. Roland Fields
set dresser
Claude Gillingwater Jr.
sketches and graphics
Holt D. Lindslay
paint foreman
John B. Mansbridge
draftsman
Charles Ohmann
principal sketch artist
Tom Peer
drapery
Van Nest Polglase
art department coordinator
Albert M. Pyke
sketches and graphics
Charles Sayers
property master
F.T. Thompson
propmaker foreman
W.A. Wilde
production buyer
D.E. Wise
greensman
J.B. Zokovich
plasterer
Maurice Zuberano
sketches and graphics
Stunts
Tom Steele
stunts
Editorial
George Cave
color timer
John Houseman
editorial supervisor
Mark Robson
assistant editor
I.J. Wilkinson
negative cutter
Other
Rita Alexander
secretary
William Alland
assistant: Mr. Welles
Vicki Anderson
stand-in: Dorothy Comingore
Arthur Appell
dance director
John Barada
stage manager
Richard Barr
assistant: Mr. Welles
Leda Bauer
script reader: New York
Howard Benedict
unit publicist
L. Bessinger
script reader: Hollywood
Elmore Draper Blake
layout man: newspapers
Phoebe Campbell
stand-in
Robert Crosby
dance double: Orson Welles
H.G. Cunningham
machine shop foreman
Alex Davidoff
translator: Russian newspapers
Sid Davis
stand-in: Mr. Welles
Herbert Drake
publicist: Mercury Theatre
H. Emolieff
film export manager
Jean Forward
adr voice
Miriam Geiger
production advisor
Winifred Hablam
production secretary
John Hamilton
production insurance
Ross Hastings
legal advisor
George Havens
stand-in
Charles Hayes
stand-in: Orson Welles
Molly Herman
pre-production assistant: Mr. Welles
G.B. Hobe
production accountant
John Houseman
assistant: Mr. Welles
John Huettner
stand-in: Orson Welles
Roberta Johnson
stand-in
Ivy Keene
stand-in
William Knutson
stand-in
Perc Launders
stand-in
Rufus Le Maire
talent coordinator: Los Angeles
C. Margotis
translator: Greek newspapers
S. Barret McCormick
press representative
J.B. McDonough
business manager
Elizabeth McGaffey
researcher
Ivy R. McLean
public relations: RKO Radio Pictures
Russell Metty
special consultant
James Moore
talent coordinator
Howard Nelson
maintenance
J.J. Nolan
production coordinator
Marie Osborne
stand-in
Roy S. Otto
projectionist
Fleta Preston
secretary
Ernest Reyer
opera designer
Sid Rogell
backlot manager / production executive
Ann Rogers
secretary: Mr. Welles
Ed Ryan
stand-in
H. Schilling
production accountant
Ed Sojin Jr.
translator: Chinese newspapers
Katherine Stanley
stand-in
Ralph Stein
stand-in
Jack Swain
laboratory technician
Kathryn Trosper
secretary
Blanche Walters
pre-production secretary
Arthur Willy
talent director: New York
Richard Wilson
assistant: Mr. Welles
H. Winnicar
studio teacher
Music Department
Bernard Herrmann
conductor / orchestrator
Ralph Bekher
music editor
May Cambern
Music Department: harp
Dave Dreyer
music department
Mischa Violin
music copyist
Costume Department
Claire Cramer
wardrobe department
Earl Leas
wardrobe: man
Margaret Van Horn
wardrobe: woman
Camera Department
Ernest Bachrach
still photographer
Russell A. Cully
photographer: additional scenes
William Eglinton
camera department head
Eddie Garvin
assistant camera
Ralph Hoge
grip
Vic Jones
gaffer
Alexander Kahle
still photographer
Russell Metty
photographer: early tests
Earl Miller
electrician
Bert Shipman
camera operator
Phil Stern
still photographer
Charles Straumer
camera operator
Harry J. Wild
additional photographer
Harry L. Wolf
camera department
Location Management
Louis Shapiro
location manager
Script Department
Amalia Kent
script supervisor
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