Citizen Kane (1941)

A group of reporters are trying to decipher the last word ever spoken by Charles Foster Kane, the millionaire newspaper tycoon: "Rosebud". The film begins with a news reel detailing Kane's life for the masses, and then from there, we are shown flashbacks from Kane's life. As the reporters investigate further, the viewers see a display of a fascinating man's rise to fame, and how he eventually fell off the top of the world.

Orson Welles

Herman J. Mankiewicz Orson Welles Roger Q. Denny

Agnes Moorehead Buddy Swan Dorothy Comingore Erskine Sanford Everett Sloane Fortunio Bonanova George Coulouris Georgia Backus Gus Schilling Harry Shannon Joseph Cotten Orson Welles Paul Stewart Philip Van Zandt Ray Collins Ruth Warrick Sonny Bupp William Alland