Quarto potere (1941)
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.
Direttore:
Orson Welles
Scrittori:
Orson Welles, Herman J. Mankiewicz.
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Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane |
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Joseph Cotten as Jedediah Leland |
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Dorothy Comingore as Susan Alexander Kane |
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Ray Collins as Jim W. Gettys |
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George Coulouris as Walter Parks Thatcher |
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Agnes Moorehead as Mary Kane |
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Paul Stewart as Raymond |
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Ruth Warrick as Emily Norton Kane |
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Erskine Sanford as Herbert Carter |
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William Alland as Jerry Thompson/Narrator |
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Everett Sloane as Mr. Bernstein |
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Fortunio Bonanova as Signor Matiste |
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Gus Schilling as John |
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Philip Van Zandt as Mr. Rawlston |
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Georgia Backus as Bertha Anderson |
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Harry Shannon as Jim Kane |
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Sonny Bupp as Charles Foster Kane III |
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Buddy Swan as Young Charles Foster Kane |
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Gregg Toland as Interviewer |
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Don Ackerman as Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited) |
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Gino Corrado as Gino (uncredited) |
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Maurice Costello as Extra (uncredited) |
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Demetrius Alexis as Newsreel Man (uncredited) |
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Gene Coogan as Newsreel Man (uncredited) |
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Art Dupuis as Newsreel Man (uncredited) |
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Rudy Germane as Newsreel Man (uncredited) |
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Mike Lally as Newsreel Man (uncredited) |
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Walter Lawrence as Newsreel Man (uncredited) |
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John Northpole as Newsreel Man (uncredited) |
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Victor Romito as Newsreel Man (uncredited) |
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Bob Terry as Newsreel Man (uncredited) |
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William Alston as Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited) |
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Jack Gargan as Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited) |
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Bert Moorhouse as Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited) |
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Carmen Laroux as Maid in Xanadu Hall (uncredited) |
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Sam Ash as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited) |
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Buddy Messinger as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited) |
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Terrance Ray as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited) |
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Sally Corner as Woman at Boat Dock (uncredited) |
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Walter Bacon as City Room Employee (uncredited) |
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Herbert Corthell as City Editor (uncredited) |
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Harry A. Bailey as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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Danny Borzage as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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J.J. Clark as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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Tom Coleman as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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Carl Deloro as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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Jack Egan as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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Robert Haines as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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Ludwig Lowry as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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John McCormack as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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Hercules Mendez as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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Paddy O'Flynn as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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Sam Rice as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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Don Roberts as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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Larry Wheat as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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Larry Williams as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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Joan Blair as Georgia (uncredited) |
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Morgan Brown as Servant (uncredited) |
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Harry Burkhardt as Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
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Edmund Cobb as Inquirer Reporter (uncredited) |
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Eddie Coke as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Louis Natheaux as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Arthur O'Connell as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Guy Repp as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Tom Steele as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Richard Wilson as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Louise Currie as Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited) |
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Walter Sande as Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited) |
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Jan Wiley as Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited) |
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Milton Kibbee as Reporter at Wedding (uncredited) |
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Buck Mack as Reporter at Boat Deck (uncredited) |
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Alan Ladd as Reporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited) |
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Thomas A. Curran as Teddy Roosevelt (uncredited) |
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Jack Curtis as Boss Printer (uncredited) |
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George Noisom as Copy Boy (uncredited) |
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Gerald Pierce as Copy Boy Delivering Message in Chicago Hotel Room (uncredited) |
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Dona Dax as House Maid (uncredited) |
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George DeNormand as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited) |
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Bud Geary as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited) |
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Bert LeBaron as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited) |
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Clyde McAtee as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited) |
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Cyril Ring as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited) |
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Roland Winters as Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited) |
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Lew Harvey as Newspaperman (uncredited) |
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Herman J. Mankiewicz as Newspaperman (uncredited) |
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Eddie Dew as Man in Projection Room (uncredited) |
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Perc Launders as Man in Projection Room (uncredited) |
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John Dilson as Ward Heeler (uncredited) |
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Walter James as Ward Heeler (uncredited) |
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Robert Dudley as Photographer (uncredited) |
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Suzanne Dulier as French Maid (uncredited) |
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Al Eben as Solly (uncredited) |
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Johnny Eckert as Car-Driver (uncredited) |
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Carl Ekberg as Adolf Hitler (uncredited) |
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Edith Evanson as Leland's Nurse (uncredited) |
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Carl Faulkner as Hermann Goring (uncredited) |
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Juanita Fields as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Edna Mae Jones as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Leda Nicova as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Jolane Reynolds as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Suzanne Ridgway as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Olin Francis as Expressman (uncredited) |
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Louise Franklin as Susan's Maid (uncredited) |
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Renee Godfrey as Nurse (uncredited) |
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Peter Gowland as Guest (uncredited) |
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Jimmy Grant as Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited) |
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Jesse Graves as Joseph (uncredited) |
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Ernest Grooney as Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited) |
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Jack Gwynne as Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited) |
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Teddy Mangean as Man on Roof (uncredited) |
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Henry Hebert as Best Man at Wedding (uncredited) |
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Bryan 'Slim' Hightower as Fish Driver (uncredited) |
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Mitchell Ingraham as Politician (uncredited) |
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Philip Morris as Politician (uncredited) |
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Francis Sayles as Politician (uncredited) |
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George W. Jimenez as Waiter at Inquirer Party (uncredited) |
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Ellen Lowe as Ms. Townsend (uncredited) |
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James T. Mack as Prompter (uncredited) |
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Mickey Martin as Newsboy (uncredited) |
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Bruce Sidney as Newsman (uncredited) |
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Major McBride as Shadowgraph Man (uncredited) |
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Frank McLure as (uncredited) |
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Charles Meakin as Civic Leader (uncredited) |
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Edward Peil Jr. as Civic Leader (uncredited) |
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Irving Mitchell as Dr. Corey (uncredited) |
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Frances E. Neal as Ethel (uncredited) |
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Lillian Nicholson as Woman at Opera (uncredited) |
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Joseph North as Secretary (uncredited) |
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William H. O'Brien as Secretary (uncredited) |
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Field Norton as Opera Spectator (uncredited) |
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Dick Scott as Opera Spectator (uncredited) |
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Frank O'Connor as Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited) |
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Russ Powell as Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited) |
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Bert Stevens as Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited) |
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Thomas Pogue as Man (uncredited) |
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Lillian O'Malley as Woman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited) |
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Jack Raymond as Stagehand (uncredited) |
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Gohr Van Vleck as Stagehand (uncredited) |
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Myrtle Rishell as Big Governess (uncredited) |
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Benny Rubin as Smather (uncredited) |
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Shimen Ruskin as Hireling (uncredited) |
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George Sherwood as Hireling (uncredited) |
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Edward Ryan as Man in Inquirer City Room (uncredited) |
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Landers Stevens as Senate Investigator (uncredited) |
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Harry J. Vejar as Portuguese Laborer (uncredited) |
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Tudor Williams as Chorus Master (uncredited) |
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Arthur Yeoman as Speaker (uncredited) |
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Tim Davis as Copy Boy (uncredited) |
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Charles Bennett as Entertainer (uncredited) |
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Arthur Kay as Orchestra Leader (Uncredited) |
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John Alban as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Finn Zirzow as Audience Member (uncredited) |
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Sam Harris as Newsreel Man (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Cleveland as Woman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited) |
| Directing | Orson Welles | Director |
| Production | Orson Welles | Producer |
| Sound | Bernard Herrmann | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Gregg Toland | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Wise | Editor |
| Art | Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edward Stevenson | Costume Design |
| Crew | Vernon L. Walker | Special Effects |
| Writing | Orson Welles | Screenplay |
| Writing | Herman J. Mankiewicz | Screenplay |
| Sound | Bailey Fesler | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | James G. Stewart | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Bernard Herrmann | Conductor |