Sinopsis
Un importante financiero estadounidense, Charles Foster Kane, dueño de una importante cadena de periódicos, de una red de emisoras, de dos sindicatos y de una inimaginable colección de obras de arte, muere en su fabuloso castillo de estilo oriental, Xanadú. La última palabra que pronuncia al expirar es Rosebud. El país entero y la prensa en general quedan intrigados por saber el significado de esta palabra. Para descubrirlo, un grupo de periodistas se pone a investigar.
Reparto
Orson Welles — Charles Foster KaneJoseph Cotten — Jedediah LelandDorothy Comingore — Susan Alexander KaneRay Collins — Jim W. GettysGeorge Coulouris — Walter Parks ThatcherAgnes Moorehead — Mary KanePaul Stewart — RaymondRuth Warrick — Emily Norton KaneErskine Sanford — Herbert CarterWilliam Alland — Jerry Thompson/NarratorEverett Sloane — Mr. BernsteinFortunio Bonanova — Signor MatisteGus Schilling — JohnPhilip Van Zandt — Mr. RawlstonGeorgia Backus — Bertha AndersonHarry Shannon — Jim KaneSonny Bupp — Charles Foster Kane IIIBuddy Swan — Young Charles Foster KaneGregg Toland — InterviewerDon Ackerman — Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)Gino Corrado — Gino (uncredited)Maurice Costello — Extra (uncredited)Demetrius Alexis — Newsreel Man (uncredited)Gene Coogan — Newsreel Man (uncredited)Art Dupuis — Newsreel Man (uncredited)Rudy Germane — Newsreel Man (uncredited)Mike Lally — Newsreel Man (uncredited)Walter Lawrence — Newsreel Man (uncredited)John Northpole — Newsreel Man (uncredited)Victor Romito — Newsreel Man (uncredited)Bob Terry — Newsreel Man (uncredited)William Alston — Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)Jack Gargan — Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)Bert Moorhouse — Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)Carmen Laroux — Maid in Xanadu Hall (uncredited)Sam Ash — Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)Buddy Messinger — Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)Terrance Ray — Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)Sally Corner — Woman at Boat Dock (uncredited)Walter Bacon — City Room Employee (uncredited)Herbert Corthell — City Editor (uncredited)Harry A. Bailey — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)Danny Borzage — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)J.J. Clark — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)Tom Coleman — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)Carl Deloro — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)Jack Egan — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)Robert Haines — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)Ludwig Lowry — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)John McCormack — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)Hercules Mendez — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)Paddy O'Flynn — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)Sam Rice — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)Don Roberts — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)Larry Wheat — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)Larry Williams — Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)Joan Blair — Georgia (uncredited)Morgan Brown — Servant (uncredited)Harry Burkhardt — Wedding Guest (uncredited)Edmund Cobb — Inquirer Reporter (uncredited)Eddie Coke — Reporter (uncredited)Louis Natheaux — Reporter (uncredited)Arthur O'Connell — Reporter (uncredited)Guy Repp — Reporter (uncredited)Tom Steele — Reporter (uncredited)Richard Wilson — Reporter (uncredited)Louise Currie — Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)Walter Sande — Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)Jan Wiley — Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)Milton Kibbee — Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)Buck Mack — Reporter at Boat Deck (uncredited)Alan Ladd — Reporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited)Thomas A. Curran — Teddy Roosevelt (uncredited)Jack Curtis — Boss Printer (uncredited)George Noisom — Copy Boy (uncredited)Gerald Pierce — Copy Boy Delivering Message in Chicago Hotel Room (uncredited)Dona Dax — House Maid (uncredited)George DeNormand — Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)Bud Geary — Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)Bert LeBaron — Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)Clyde McAtee — Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)Cyril Ring — Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)Roland Winters — Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)Lew Harvey — Newspaperman (uncredited)Herman J. Mankiewicz — Newspaperman (uncredited)Eddie Dew — Man in Projection Room (uncredited)Perc Launders — Man in Projection Room (uncredited)John Dilson — Ward Heeler (uncredited)Walter James — Ward Heeler (uncredited)Robert Dudley — Photographer (uncredited)Suzanne Dulier — French Maid (uncredited)Al Eben — Solly (uncredited)Johnny Eckert — Car-Driver (uncredited)Carl Ekberg — Adolf Hitler (uncredited)Edith Evanson — Leland's Nurse (uncredited)Carl Faulkner — Hermann Goring (uncredited)Juanita Fields — Dancer (uncredited)Edna Mae Jones — Dancer (uncredited)Leda Nicova — Dancer (uncredited)Jolane Reynolds — Dancer (uncredited)Suzanne Ridgway — Dancer (uncredited)Olin Francis — Expressman (uncredited)Louise Franklin — Susan's Maid (uncredited)Renee Godfrey — Nurse (uncredited)Peter Gowland — Guest (uncredited)Jimmy Grant — Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)Jesse Graves — Joseph (uncredited)Ernest Grooney — Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)Jack Gwynne — Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)Teddy Mangean — Man on Roof (uncredited)Henry Hebert — Best Man at Wedding (uncredited)Bryan 'Slim' Hightower — Fish Driver (uncredited)Mitchell Ingraham — Politician (uncredited)Philip Morris — Politician (uncredited)Francis Sayles — Politician (uncredited)George W. Jimenez — Waiter at Inquirer Party (uncredited)Ellen Lowe — Ms. Townsend (uncredited)James T. Mack — Prompter (uncredited)Mickey Martin — Newsboy (uncredited)Bruce Sidney — Newsman (uncredited)Major McBride — Shadowgraph Man (uncredited)Frank McLure — (uncredited)Charles Meakin — Civic Leader (uncredited)Edward Peil Jr. — Civic Leader (uncredited)Irving Mitchell — Dr. Corey (uncredited)Frances E. Neal — Ethel (uncredited)Lillian Nicholson — Woman at Opera (uncredited)Joseph North — Secretary (uncredited)William H. O'Brien — Secretary (uncredited)Field Norton — Opera Spectator (uncredited)Dick Scott — Opera Spectator (uncredited)Frank O'Connor — Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)Russ Powell — Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)Bert Stevens — Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)Thomas Pogue — Man (uncredited)Lillian O'Malley — Woman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited)Jack Raymond — Stagehand (uncredited)Gohr Van Vleck — Stagehand (uncredited)Myrtle Rishell — Big Governess (uncredited)Benny Rubin — Smather (uncredited)Shimen Ruskin — Hireling (uncredited)George Sherwood — Hireling (uncredited)Edward Ryan — Man in Inquirer City Room (uncredited)Landers Stevens — Senate Investigator (uncredited)Harry J. Vejar — Portuguese Laborer (uncredited)Tudor Williams — Chorus Master (uncredited)Arthur Yeoman — Speaker (uncredited)Tim Davis — Copy Boy (uncredited)Charles Bennett — Entertainer (uncredited)Arthur Kay — Orchestra Leader (Uncredited)John Alban — Reporter (uncredited)Finn Zirzow — Audience Member (uncredited)Sam Harris — Newsreel Man (uncredited)Dorothy Cleveland — Woman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited)