The Magnificent Ambersons
"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.
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)
Georgia Backus
Matron (uncredited)
Harry A. Bailey
Citizen (uncredited)
Olive Ball
Mary (Maid) (uncredited)
Jack Baxley
Reverend Smith (uncredited)
William Blees
Young Man at Accident (uncredited)
Lyle Clement
Citizen (uncredited)
Bobby Cooper
George Minafer as a Boy (uncredited)
Don Dillaway
Wilbur Minafer (uncredited)
Heenan Elliott
Workman (uncredited)
John Elliott
Guest (uncredited)
William Elmer
Servant (uncredited)
James Fawcett
Citizen (uncredited)
Mel Ford
Fred Kinney (uncredited)
Nancy Gates
Girl (uncredited)
Nina Guilbert
Guest (uncredited)
Maynard Holmes
Citizen (uncredited)
Edward Howard
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Harry Humphrey
Citizen (uncredited)
Elmer Jerome
Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
J. Louis Johnson
Sam (Butler) (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Citizen (uncredited)
Del Lawrence
Citizen (uncredited)
Bert LeBaron
Citizen (uncredited)
John McGuire
Young Man (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Policeman (uncredited)
Anne O'Neal
Mrs. Foster (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Citizen (uncredited)
Charles R. Phipps
Uncle John (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
Nurse (uncredited)
Drew Roddy
Elijah (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
Hardware Man (uncredited)
Jack Santoro
Barber (uncredited)
Gus Schilling
Drug Clerk (uncredited)
Kathryn Sheldon
Matron (uncredited)
Sada Simmons
Wife (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
James Westerfield
Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Joe Whitehead
Citizen (uncredited)
Crew
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer
Orson Welles
Director
Albert S. D'Agostino
Production Design
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Orson Welles
Producer
Stanley Cortez
Director of Photography
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
Orson Welles
Screenplay
Helen Thurston
Stunt Double
David Sharpe
Stunt Double
Mel Berns
Makeup Department Head
Jack Moss
Associate Producer
Terry Kellum
Sound
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
James G. Stewart
Sound Recordist
Maurice Seiderman
Makeup Artist
Roy Meadows
Boom Operator
Jack MacKenzie
Additional Photography
John E. Tribby
Sound
Orson Welles
Additional Photography
Jack Moss
Additional Editing
Clifford Stine
Visual Effects
James Thompson
Boom Operator
Chesley Bonestell
Other
Earl B. Mounce
Sound
Mark Robson
Additional Editing
Bailey Fesler
Sound Recordist
Robert Wise
Assistant Director
Booth Tarkington
Novel
Robert Wise
Editor
A. Roland Fields
Set Dresser
Mark-Lee Kirk
Set Designer
Fred Fleck
Assistant Director
Bill McLellan
Gaffer
Fred Fleck
Unit Manager
Claire Cramer
Wardrobe Designer
George Schaefer
Executive Producer