Directed by:
Orson WellesScreenplay:
Orson WellesComposer:
Bernard HerrmannCast:
Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Richard Bennett, Orson Welles (narrator), Nancy Gates (more)Plots(1)
In 1873, in a small Midland town, the magnificence of the Ambersons, the town's wealthiest family, dominates the social scene. Young George Amberson is the spoiled scion of the wealthy Amberson family. Eugene Morgan is a struggling inventor who loves George's mother Isabel, but loses her to the wealthy Wilbur Minafer. After an absence of several years, Eugene returns, now successful having invented an automobile, as a widower with an attractive daughter, Lucy. Eugene attempts to rekindle his love affair with Isabel, but George interferes. This affects not only George's romance with Lucy, but also the fading Amberson fortunes. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Joseph Cotten](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267528_2ea5a9.jpg)
Joseph Cotten
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Third Man (1949)
![Dolores Costello](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444362_00aa8d.jpg)
Dolores Costello
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
Noah's Ark (1928)
![Anne Baxter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349849_77e88d.png)
Anne Baxter
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Tim Holt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186518_5c2237.jpg)
Tim Holt
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Stagecoach (1939)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
![Agnes Moorehead](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267529_9ee2bd.jpg)
Agnes Moorehead
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Caged (1950)
The Stratton Story (1949)
![Ray Collins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262654_a525d4.jpg)
Ray Collins
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Heiress (1949)
![Erskine Sanford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186533_fd346e.jpg)
Erskine Sanford
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
![Richard Bennett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/277/160277539_992b4c.jpg)
Richard Bennett
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Song of Songs (1933)
Arrowsmith (1931)
![Orson Welles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267527_357cbf.jpg)
Orson Welles (narrator)
USA
Best movies:
Shogun (1980) (series) - narrator
Waterloo (1970)
Citizen Kane (1941)
![Nancy Gates](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/523/163523407_2da0a8.jpg)
Nancy Gates
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Nevada (1944)
This Land Is Mine (1943)
![James Westerfield](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256217_36145c.jpg)
James Westerfield
USA
Best movies:
On the Waterfront (1954)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
![Gil Perkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/370/159370096_d4778b.jpg)
Gil Perkins
Australia
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
Captains Courageous (1937)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
![Dorothy Vaughan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/893/159893450_70195d.jpg)
Dorothy Vaughan
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
![Don Dillaway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/913/160913817_e6d55a.jpg)
Don Dillaway
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
![Lew Kelly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/229/161229951_eff575.jpg)
Lew Kelly
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Little Foxes (1941)
![John Elliott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/224/161224825_89a905.jpg)
John Elliott
USA
Best movies:
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Anne O'Neal
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Gun Crazy (1950)
John McGuire
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Kathryn Sheldon
USA
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Frontier Marshal (1939)
Philip Morris
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)