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The trouble is you don't realize you're talking to two peopleAs Charles Foster Kane who owns 82 364 sharesof Public Transit preferredYou see I do have a general idea of my holdingsI sympathize with
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Citizen Kane

The trouble is, you don't realize you're talking to two people. As Charles Foster Kane,...

Kane: The trouble is, you don't realize you're talking to two people. As Charles Foster Kane, who has eighty-two thousand six hundred thirty-four shares of Public Transit Preferred. You see, I do have a general idea of my holdings. I sympathize with you. Charles Foster Kane is a scoundrel. His paper should be run out of town. A committee should be formed to boycott him. You may, if you can form such a committee, put me down for a contribution of on thousand dollars. On the other hand, I am the publisher of the Inquirer! As such, it's my duty - and I'll let you in on a little secret, it's also my pleasure - to see to it that decent, hard-working people in this community aren't robbed blind by a pack of money-mad pirates just because - they haven't anybody to look after their interests

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The trouble is you don't realize you're talking to two people
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As Charles Foster Kane who owns 82 364 shares
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of Public Transit preferred
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You see I do have a general idea of my holdings
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I sympathize with you
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Charles Foster Kane is a scoundrel His paper should be run out of town
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A committee should be formed to boycott him
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You may if you can form such a committee put me down for a contribution of 1 000
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On the other hand I am the publisher of the Inquirer
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As such it's my duty and I'll let you in on a little secret it's also my pleasure
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to see to it that decent hardworking people in this community
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aren't robbed blind by a pack of money mad pirates
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just because they haven't anybody to look after their interests
Available in 8 languages
Duration
38 seconds
Views
2,980
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:55
Uploaded
Feb 26, 2026
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Production
Mercury Productions,RKO Radio Pictures

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Movie Summary

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'.

Actors

Orson Welles
Charles Foster Kane