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The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons
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  2. The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942
1h 28m
Drama
Romance

Status

Released

Release

1942

Runtime

1h 28m

Where to Watch

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Storyline

"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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 28m
Jul 10, 1942
Languages
English
Director
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
Production
Mercury Productions
Mercury Productions
RKO Radio Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

48 Cast Members

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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