The Magnificent Ambersons

1942 88 min ★ 7.3 Drama, Romance

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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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)

Details

Director

Orson Welles

Screenplay

Orson Welles

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Mercury Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

June 26, 2022

★ 7/10

This is a actually quite a sad story; though given the wealth and opportunity offered the young "George" (Tim Holt) it might seem fatuous to say so. He is born into a family with money, status and privilege so, consequently, grows up into a young man with little, if any, appreciation of anything - all he wants to do is sail boats. As the plot develops, we see the return of "Eugene" (Joseph Cotton)...