Citizen Kane: Quick Facts

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Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten stand among stacks of newspapers, both wearing suits and hats, in a scene from the film Citizen Kane.

Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane stands at a podium giving a speech, with a large banner of his character's face and the word Kane behind him in Citizen Kane.

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