The Magnificent Ambersons

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The Magnificent Ambersons

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

1942

1h 28m

7.3(441 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

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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48 members

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Joseph Cotten

Eugene Morgan

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Dolores Costello

Isabel Amberson Minafer

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Anne Baxter

Lucy Morgan

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Tim Holt

George Minafer

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Agnes Moorehead

Fanny Minafer

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Ray Collins

Jack Amberson

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Erskine Sanford

Roger Bronson

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Richard Bennett

Major Amberson

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Orson Welles

Narrator (voice)

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Edwin August

Citizen (uncredited)

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Georgia Backus

Matron (uncredited)

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Harry A. Bailey

Citizen (uncredited)

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Olive Ball

Mary (Maid) (uncredited)

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Jack Baxley

Reverend Smith (uncredited)

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William Blees

Young Man at Accident (uncredited)

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Lyle Clement

Citizen (uncredited)

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Bobby Cooper

George Minafer as a Boy (uncredited)

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Don Dillaway

Wilbur Minafer (uncredited)

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Heenan Elliott

Workman (uncredited)

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John Elliott

Guest (uncredited)

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William Elmer

Servant (uncredited)

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James Fawcett

Citizen (uncredited)

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Mel Ford

Fred Kinney (uncredited)

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Nancy Gates

Girl (uncredited)

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Nina Guilbert

Guest (uncredited)

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Maynard Holmes

Citizen (uncredited)

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Edward Howard

Chauffeur (uncredited)

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Harry Humphrey

Citizen (uncredited)

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Elmer Jerome

Funeral Attendee (uncredited)

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J. Louis Johnson

Sam (Butler) (uncredited)

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Lew Kelly

Citizen (uncredited)

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Del Lawrence

Citizen (uncredited)

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Bert LeBaron

Citizen (uncredited)

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John McGuire

Young Man (uncredited)

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Philip Morris

Policeman (uncredited)

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Anne O'Neal

Mrs. Foster (uncredited)

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Gil Perkins

Citizen (uncredited)

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Charles R. Phipps

Uncle John (uncredited)

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Hilda Plowright

Nurse (uncredited)

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Drew Roddy

Elijah (uncredited)

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Henry Roquemore

Hardware Man (uncredited)

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Jack Santoro

Barber (uncredited)

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Gus Schilling

Drug Clerk (uncredited)

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Kathryn Sheldon

Matron (uncredited)

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Sada Simmons

Wife (uncredited)

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Dorothy Vaughan

Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)

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James Westerfield

Policeman at Accident (uncredited)

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Joe Whitehead

Citizen (uncredited)

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