The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

Real life screened more daringly than it’s ever been before!

1942•1h 28m•7.3/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

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7.3/10(466)

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

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Production

Mercury Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Eugene Morgan

Dolores Costello

Dolores Costello

Isabel Amberson Minafer

Anne Baxter

Anne Baxter

Lucy Morgan

Tim Holt

Tim Holt

George Minafer

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

Fanny Minafer

Ray Collins

Ray Collins

Jack Amberson

Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford

Roger Bronson

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett

Major Amberson

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Narrator (voice)

Edwin August

Edwin August

Citizen (uncredited)

Georgia Backus

Georgia Backus

Matron (uncredited)

Harry A. Bailey

Citizen (uncredited)

Olive Ball

Mary (Maid) (uncredited)

Jack Baxley

Reverend Smith (uncredited)

William Blees

Young Man at Accident (uncredited)

Lyle Clement

Citizen (uncredited)

Bobby Cooper

George Minafer as a Boy (uncredited)

Don Dillaway

Don Dillaway

Wilbur Minafer (uncredited)

Heenan Elliott

Workman (uncredited)

John Elliott

John Elliott

Guest (uncredited)

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