The Magnificent Ambersons(1942)
Real life screened more daringly than it’s ever been before!
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Movie: The Magnificent Ambersons
Top 10 Billed Cast
Eugene Morgan
Isabel Amberson Minafer
Lucy Morgan
George Minafer
Fanny Minafer
Jack Amberson
Roger Bronson
Major Amberson
Narrator (voice)
Citizen (uncredited)
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