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The Magnificent Ambersons(1942)
Status: Released
Date: 1942-07-10
73%
461 Votes
Time: 1h 28m
Real life screened more daringly than it’s ever been before!
Overview:
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Mercury Productions
Movie: The Magnificent Ambersons
Top 10 Billed 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)
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