The Magnificent Ambersons
“Real life screened more daringly than it’s ever been before!”
1942•NR•1h 28m•7.3•Released
DramaRomance
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Director
Orson Welles
Writer
Orson Welles
Languages
English
Studio
Mercury Productions
Cast
Joseph Cotten
Eugene Morgan
Dolores Costello
Isabel Amberson Minafer
Anne Baxter
Lucy Morgan
Tim Holt
George Minafer
Agnes Moorehead
Fanny Minafer
Ray Collins
Jack Amberson
Erskine Sanford
Roger Bronson
Richard Bennett
Major Amberson
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
Edwin August
Citizen (uncredited)
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)
Production
Company
Mercury Productions
Company
RKO Radio Pictures
Producer
Orson Welles
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