Mr. Arkadin

Mr. Arkadin
AKA Confidential Report
Theatrical release poster
Directed byOrson Welles
Screenplay byOrson Welles
Based onoriginal radio scripts
by Ernest Bornemann and
Orson Welles
from The Lives of Harry Lime
originally produced by
Harry Alan Towers
(uncredited)
Produced byLouis Dolivet
Orson Welles
StarringOrson Welles
Robert Arden
Paola Mori
Akim Tamiroff
Michael Redgrave
CinematographyJean Bourgoin
Edited byRenzo Lucidi
Music byPaul Misraki
Distributed byFilmorsa/Cervantes Films/Sevilla (Spain), Warner Bros. (USA)
Release date
  • 20 October 1955 (1955-10-20) (Madrid)
Running time
99 minutes ("Corinth" version)
93 minutes (Spanish version)
95 minutes (US version)
98 minutes (Confidential Report)
106 minutes (2006 edit)
CountriesFrance
Spain
Switzerland
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Box office517,788 admissions (France)[1]

Mr. Arkadin (first released in Spain, 1955), known in Britain as Confidential Report, is a French-Spanish-Swiss co-production film noir, written and directed by Orson Welles and shot in several Spanish locations, including Costa Brava, Segovia, Valladolid, and Madrid. Filming took place throughout Europe in 1954, and scenes shot outside Spain include locations in London, Munich, Paris, the French Riviera, and at the Château de Chillon in Switzerland.