1940년 뉴욕 인콰이어러지를 비롯, 수 많은 신문들의 발행인이었던 찰스 포스터 케인이 죽는다. 그는 당시 70세로 세계에서 손꼽히는 부자였으며, 죽음 직전에는 플로리다의 대저택에서 은둔 생활을 하고 있었다. 생전에 많은 정치인과도 친분을 맺고 있었고, 미국 정책에 막강한 영향력을 발휘하기도 했던 그는 자신에 대한 여러 얘기들에 대해 "나는 현재 미국인이고 과거에도 미국인이었으며 앞으로도 항상 미국인일 것이다"라고 일축하곤 했다. 잡지 편집장 록스톤은 그의 죽음을 취재하고자 기자 톰슨에게 케인이 죽기 전에 말했다는 장미꽃 봉오리가 무슨 뜻인지 알아오라고 한다. 톰슨은 케인의 주변 인물을 샅샅이 취재하기 시작하는데...
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Charles Foster Kane
Joseph Cotten
Jedediah Leland
Dorothy Comingore
Susan Alexander Kane
Ray Collins
Jim W. Gettys
George Coulouris
Walter Parks Thatcher
Agnes Moorehead
Mary Kane
Paul Stewart
Raymond
Ruth Warrick
Emily Norton Kane
Erskine Sanford
Herbert Carter
William Alland
Jerry Thompson/Narrator
Everett Sloane
Mr. Bernstein
Fortunio Bonanova
Signor Matiste
Gus Schilling
John
Philip Van Zandt
Mr. Rawlston
Georgia Backus
Bertha Anderson
Harry Shannon
Jim Kane
Sonny Bupp
Charles Foster Kane III
Buddy Swan
Young Charles Foster Kane
Gregg Toland
Interviewer
Don Ackerman
Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Gino (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
Extra (uncredited)
Demetrius Alexis
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Gene Coogan
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Art Dupuis
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
Walter Lawrence
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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
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Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
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Louis Natheaux
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Arthur O'Connell
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Guy Repp
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Tom Steele
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Richard Wilson
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Louise Currie
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Walter Sande
Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Jan Wiley
Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)
Buck Mack
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Alan Ladd
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Thomas A. Curran
Teddy Roosevelt (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
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Gerald Pierce
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