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Real life screened more daringly than it’s ever been before! - The Magnificent Ambersons
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Title: The Magnificent Ambersons

Release Date: 10 Jul 1942

Runtime: 1h 28m

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Mercury Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Production Companies: Mercury Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.3 (426 votes)

Cast

  • Eugene Morgan: Joseph Cotten
  • Isabel Amberson Minafer: Dolores Costello
  • Lucy Morgan: Anne Baxter
  • George Minafer: Tim Holt
  • Fanny Minafer: Agnes Moorehead
  • Jack Amberson: Ray Collins
  • Roger Bronson: Erskine Sanford
  • Major Amberson: Richard Bennett
  • Narrator (voice): Orson Welles
  • Citizen (uncredited): Edwin August
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