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Dayton Stoddart (novel) and
S.K. Lauren (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
6 May 1949 (Finland) more
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Lovely! (Diana Lynn) Reckless! (Lucille Bremer) Loyal! (Louis Hayward) Power-Mad! (Zachary Scott) Vicious! (Sydney Greenstreet) Innocent! (Martha Vickers) more
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Horace Vendig shows himself to the world as a rich philanthropist. In fact, the history of his rise... more | add synopsis
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UCLA’s Festival of Preservation: Fredric March, Edgar G. Ulmer
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The Citizen Kane Sequel more (10 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Zachary Scott | ... | Horace Woodruff 'Woody' Vendig |
| Louis Hayward | ... | Vic Lambdin |
| Diana Lynn | ... | Martha Burnside / Mallory Flagg |
 | Sydney Greenstreet | ... | Buck Mansfield |
| Lucille Bremer | ... | Christa Mansfield |
| Martha Vickers | ... | Susan Duane |
| Edith Barrett | ... | Mrs. Burnside |
| Dennis Hoey | ... | Mr. Burnside |
| Raymond Burr | ... | Pete Vendig |
| Joyce Arling | ... | Kate Vendig |
| Charles Evans | ... | Bruce Endicott McDonald |
| Robert J. Anderson | ... | Horace Vendig, as child (as Bob Anderson) |
| Arthur Stone | ... | Vic Lambdin, as child |
| Ann Carter | ... | Martha Burnside, as child |
| Edna Holland | ... | Libby Sims |
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Prelude to Night (USA) (working title)
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104 min
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Terra Distributors VHS copy is a truncated version, running only 86 minutes, not the complete version. more
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Referenced in Let's Go to the Movies (1949) more
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I felt like i was watching the sequel to Citizen Kane episode two, loved the movie kept me on the edge of my seat but it needed Orson Wells! I've only known Zachary Scott through westerns so to see him as a chilling uncaring person was a surprise to me that i enjoyed very much. Diana Lynn disappointed me playing a duel role as MarthaBurnside/ Mallory Flagg she shows the same personality for both characters. But great supporting role up against Zachary Scott. The movie is slow at spots but sustains its plot throughout.Sydney Greenstreet plays the villain no surprise there but would we want to see him in film in any other way think not! I give it a ten Raymond Burr gets a small scene in the beginning of the film as the father to Zachary Scott's character well acted scene though he doesn't have much of a part too short i think he should've stayed in the movie longer. Buy it, Rent it. Tape it but whatever you do get it !...