Quarto potere
Titolo originale: Citizen KaneRegia: Orson Welles
Anno: 1941
Origine: United States of America
Generi: Mistero Dramma
Tag: media tycoon | florida | art collector | newspaper | capitalist | journalist | sleigh | banker | american dream | failure | money | black and white | told in flashback | criterion | snowglobes | kids | serious | based on real person |
Cast: Orson Welles Joseph Cotten Dorothy Comingore Ray Collins George Coulouris Agnes Moorehead Paul Stewart Ruth Warrick Erskine Sanford William Alland Everett Sloane Fortunio Bonanova Gus Schilling Philip Van Zandt Georgia Backus Harry Shannon Sonny Bupp Buddy Swan Gregg Toland Don Ackerman Gino Corrado Maurice Costello Demetrius Alexis Gene Coogan Art Dupuis Rudy Germane Mike Lally Walter Lawrence John Northpole Victor Romito Bob Terry William Alston Jack Gargan Bert Moorhouse Carmen Laroux Sam Ash Buddy Messinger Terrance Ray Sally Corner Walter Bacon Herbert Corthell Harry A. Bailey Danny Borzage J.J. Clark Tom Coleman Carl Deloro Jack Egan Robert Haines Ludwig Lowry John McCormack Hercules Mendez Paddy O'Flynn Sam Rice Don Roberts Larry Wheat Larry Williams Joan Blair Morgan Brown Harry Burkhardt Edmund Cobb Eddie Coke Louis Natheaux Arthur O'Connell Guy Repp Tom Steele Richard Wilson Louise Currie Walter Sande Jan Wiley Milton Kibbee Buck Mack Alan Ladd Thomas A. Curran Jack Curtis George Noisom Gerald Pierce Dona Dax George DeNormand Bud Geary Bert LeBaron Clyde McAtee Cyril Ring Roland Winters Lew Harvey Herman J. Mankiewicz Eddie Dew Perc Launders John Dilson Walter James Robert Dudley Suzanne Dulier Al Eben Johnny Eckert Carl Ekberg Edith Evanson Carl Faulkner Juanita Fields Edna Mae Jones Leda Nicova Jolane Reynolds Suzanne Ridgway Olin Francis Louise Franklin Renee Godfrey Peter Gowland Jimmy Grant Jesse Graves Ernest Grooney Jack Gwynne Teddy Mangean Henry Hebert Bryan 'Slim' Hightower Mitchell Ingraham Philip Morris Francis Sayles George W. Jimenez Ellen Lowe James T. Mack Mickey Martin Bruce Sidney Major McBride Frank McLure Charles Meakin Edward Peil Jr. Irving Mitchell Frances E. Neal Lillian Nicholson Joseph North William H. O'Brien Field Norton Dick Scott Frank O'Connor Russ Powell Bert Stevens Thomas Pogue Lillian O'Malley Jack Raymond Gohr Van Vleck Myrtle Rishell Benny Rubin Shimen Ruskin George Sherwood Edward Ryan Landers Stevens Harry J. Vejar Tudor Williams Arthur Yeoman Tim Davis Charles Bennett Arthur Kay John Alban Finn Zirzow Sam Harris Dorothy Cleveland
Alla morte del magnate Kane (Welles), un giornalista (Cotten) indaga sulla sua vita: dalla sua infanzia alla sua ascesa nel mondo della stampa e della finanza, alla sua storia d'amore con una cantante lirica mancata alla solitaria fine nella lussuosa e sconfinata tenuta di Xanadu.