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The Battle Over Citizen Kane
7.4(30)19961h 48m
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.
- Director
- Thomas Lennon,Michael Epstein
- Created by
- Judy Crichton
- Writers
- Thomas Lennon,Richard Ben Cramer
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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)
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

Herman J. Mankiewicz
Crew
Directing
- Thomas LennonDirector
- Michael EpsteinDirector
Writing
- Thomas LennonWriter
- Richard Ben CramerWriter
Production
- Margaret DrainSupervising Producer
- Judy CrichtonExecutive Producer
- Thomas LennonProducer
- Julie SacksAssociate Producer
- Michael EpsteinProducer
Camera
- Michael ChinDirector of Photography
- Gregory AndrackeDirector of Photography
Sound
- Brian KeaneMusic