Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Citizen Kane' right now, here are some quick facts about the Mercury Productions, RKO Radio Pictures drama flick. Citizen Kane starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins has a PG rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 59 min. The release date of the movie is September 5th, 1941. The movie received a user score of 80/100 on TMDb, which comes from reviews from 5,854 platform users.
Ready to dive into the plot? Here's the plot: "Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event."
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Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Citizen Kane' on each platform when they are available. 'Citizen Kane' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Fandango At Home, Prime Video, Spectrum On Demand, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Apple TV, and Google Play Movies in the US.
'Citizen Kane' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on September 5th, 1941
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November 19th, 2002
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