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The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons
★ 7.3/10•1942•1h 28m•NR•Drama•Romance

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

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

Orson Welles · Director

Orson Welles · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 28m
LanguageEN
Release DateJul 10, 1942

Actors

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)

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