The Magnificent Ambersons
A privileged heir battles to preserve his crumbling family estate while sabotaging his widowed mother’s long‑awaited romance, forcing him to choose between legacy and love.
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Synopsis
A spoiled young heir to the declining Amberson estate intervenes between his widowed mother and the man she has long cherished.
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Edited by Robert WiseShot by Stanley Cortez
Also known as
- Der Glanz des Hauses Ambersonde
- La Splendeur des Ambersonfr
- L'orgoglio degli Ambersonit
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Cast & Crew
51 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Tim Holt
as George Minafer
Joseph Cotten
as Eugene Morgan
Dolores Costello
as Isabel Amberson Minafer
Anne Baxter
as Lucy Morgan
Agnes Moorehead
as Fanny Minafer
Ray Collins
as Jack Amberson
Erskine Sanford
as Roger Bronson
Richard Bennett
as Major Amberson
Orson Welles
as Narrator
Edwin August
as Citizen
Georgia Backus
as Matron (uncredited)
Harry A Bailey
as Citizen (uncredited)
Supporting cast
36Olive Ball
as Mary (Maid) (uncredited)
Jack Baxley
as Reverend Smith (uncredited)
William Blees
as Young Man at Accident (uncredited)
Lyle Clement
as Citizen (uncredited)
Bobby Cooper
as George Minafer as a Boy (uncredited)
Don Dillaway
as Wilbur Minafer (uncredited)
Heenan Elliott
as Workman (uncredited)
John Elliott
as Guest (uncredited)
William Elmer
as Servant (uncredited)
James Fawcett
as Citizen (uncredited)
Mel Ford
as Fred Kinney (uncredited)
Nancy Gates
as Girl (uncredited)
Nina Guilbert
as Guest (uncredited)
Maynard Holmes
as Citizen (uncredited)
Edward Howard
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Harry Humphrey
as Citizen (uncredited)
Elmer Jerome
as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
J Louis Johnson
as Sam (Butler) (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
as Citizen (uncredited)
Del Lawrence
as Citizen (uncredited)
Bert Lebaron
as Citizen (uncredited)
John Mcguire
as Young Man (uncredited)
Philip Morris
as Policeman (uncredited)
Anne O Neal
as Mrs. Foster (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
as Citizen (uncredited)
Charles R Phipps
as Uncle John (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
as Nurse (uncredited)
Drew Roddy
as Elijah (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
as Hardware Man (uncredited)
Jack Santoro
as Barber (uncredited)
Gus Schilling
as Drug Clerk (uncredited)
Kathryn Sheldon
as Matron (uncredited)
Sada Simmons
as Wife (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
James Westerfield
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Joe Whitehead
as Citizen (uncredited)
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