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10 OF THE BEST MACGUFFINS

01 CITIZEN KANE

ewspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane uses his last breath to say “Rosebud”, and spawns arguably the most famous MacGuffin in cinema history. The hunt for its meaning is the whole point of the film – and nobody suspected Kane was talking

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