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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Orson Welles
Charles Foster Kane
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Joseph Cotten
Jedediah Leland
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Dorothy Comingore
Susan Alexander Kane
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Ray Collins
Jim W. Gettys
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George Coulouris
Walter Parks Thatcher
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Agnes Moorehead
Mary Kane
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Paul Stewart
Raymond
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Ruth Warrick
Emily Norton Kane
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Erskine Sanford
Herbert Carter
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Everett Sloane
Mr. Bernstein
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Fortunio Bonanova
Signor Matiste
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Gus Schilling
John
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Georgia Backus
Bertha Anderson
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Harry Shannon
Jim Kane
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Sonny Bupp
Charles Foster Kane III
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Gregg Toland
Interviewer
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Nat King Cole
Pianist in 'El Rancho' (uncredited)
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Gino Corrado
Gino (uncredited)
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Maurice Costello
Extra (uncredited)
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Bob Terry
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
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Bert Moorhouse
Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
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Carmen Laroux
Maid in Xanadu Hall (uncredited)
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Sam Ash
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
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Larry Williams
Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
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Joan Blair
Georgia (uncredited)
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Edmund Cobb
Inquirer Reporter (uncredited)
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Tom Steele
Reporter (uncredited)
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Jan Wiley
Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
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Milton Kibbee
Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)
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Alan Ladd
Reporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited)
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Jack Curtis
Boss Printer (uncredited)
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Gerald Pierce
Copy Boy Delivering Message in Chicago Hotel Room (uncredited)
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Roland Winters
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
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Herman J. Mankiewicz
Newspaperman (uncredited)
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Eddie Dew
Man in Projection Room (uncredited)
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John Dilson
Ward Heeler (uncredited)
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Robert Dudley
Photographer (uncredited)
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Edith Evanson
Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
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Suzanne Ridgway
Dancer (uncredited)
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Olin Francis
Expressman (uncredited)
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Renee Godfrey
Nurse (uncredited)
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Henry Hebert
Best Man at Wedding (uncredited)
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Mitchell Ingraham
Politician (uncredited)
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Frank McLure
(uncredited)
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Charles Meakin
Civic Leader (uncredited)
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Frances E. Neal
Ethel (uncredited)
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William H. O'Brien
Secretary (uncredited)
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Bert Stevens
Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
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Benny Rubin
Smather (uncredited)
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Shimen Ruskin
Hireling (uncredited)
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Landers Stevens
Senate Investigator (uncredited)
