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The Magnificent Ambersons
1h 28min
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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Original Title
The Magnificent Ambersons
Critics & Audience Score
6
Total Votes
432
Release Year
1942
Runtime (Duration)
1h 28min
Casting
Actors

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)
Lyle Clement
Citizen (uncredited)
Bobby Cooper
George Minafer as a Boy (uncredited)

Don Dillaway
Wilbur Minafer (uncredited)
Heenan Elliott
Workman (uncredited)

John Elliott
Guest (uncredited)

William Elmer
Servant (uncredited)
James Fawcett
Citizen (uncredited)
Mel Ford
Fred Kinney (uncredited)

Nancy Gates
Girl (uncredited)
Nina Guilbert
Guest (uncredited)

Maynard Holmes
Citizen (uncredited)
Edward Howard
Chauffeur (uncredited)

Harry Humphrey
Citizen (uncredited)
Elmer Jerome
Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
J. Louis Johnson
Sam (Butler) (uncredited)

Lew Kelly
Citizen (uncredited)
Del Lawrence
Citizen (uncredited)
Bert LeBaron
Citizen (uncredited)

John McGuire
Young Man (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Policeman (uncredited)

Anne O'Neal
Mrs. Foster (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Citizen (uncredited)
Charles R. Phipps
Uncle John (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
Nurse (uncredited)
Drew Roddy
Elijah (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
Hardware Man (uncredited)
Jack Santoro
Barber (uncredited)

Gus Schilling
Drug Clerk (uncredited)

Kathryn Sheldon
Matron (uncredited)
Sada Simmons
Wife (uncredited)

Dorothy Vaughan
Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)

James Westerfield
Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Joe Whitehead
Citizen (uncredited)
Crew

Orson Welles
DIRECTOR

Bernard Herrmann
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Orson Welles
SCREENPLAY
George Schaefer
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Orson Welles
PRODUCER

Stanley Cortez
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Albert S. D'Agostino
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Darrell Silvera
SET DECORATION
Edward Stevenson
COSTUME DESIGN

Vernon L. Walker
SPECIAL EFFECTS

David Sharpe
STUNT DOUBLE
Helen Thurston
STUNT DOUBLE
Mel Berns
MAKEUP DEPARTMENT HEAD
Jack Moss
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Orson Welles
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Jack MacKenzie
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Jack Moss
ADDITIONAL EDITING

Mark Robson
ADDITIONAL EDITING
Robert J. Schiffer
MAKEUP ARTIST
Maurice Seiderman
MAKEUP ARTIST
Harry Mancke
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Chesley Bonestell
OTHER
Bailey Fesler
SOUND RECORDIST
James G. Stewart
SOUND RECORDIST
Terry Kellum
SOUND
Roy Meadows
BOOM OPERATOR
Earl B. Mounce
SOUND
James Thompson
BOOM OPERATOR
John E. Tribby
SOUND
Clifford Stine
VISUAL EFFECTS

Robert Wise
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Booth Tarkington
NOVEL

Robert Wise
EDITOR
A. Roland Fields
SET DRESSER
Mark-Lee Kirk
SET DESIGNER
Fred Fleck
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Bill McLellan
GAFFER
Fred Fleck
UNIT MANAGER
Claire Cramer
WARDROBE DESIGNER