Movie
The Magnificent Ambersons
Overview
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Details
- Release date
- 1942-07-10
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Mercury Productions, RKO Radio Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Joseph Cotten as Eugene Morgan
- Dolores Costello as Isabel Amberson Minafer
- Anne Baxter as Lucy Morgan
- Tim Holt as George Minafer
- Agnes Moorehead as Fanny Minafer
- Ray Collins as Jack Amberson
- Erskine Sanford as Roger Bronson
- Richard Bennett as Major Amberson
- Orson Welles as Narrator (voice)
- Edwin August as Citizen (uncredited)
- Georgia Backus as Matron (uncredited)
- Harry A. Bailey as Citizen (uncredited)
Crew
- Orson Welles - Director
- Orson Welles - Screenplay
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