The Magnificent Ambersons

Real life screened more daringly than it’s ever been before!

7.3/1019421h 28mReleased

DramaRomance

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

Released: Jul 10, 1942

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Joseph Cotten

Eugene Morgan

Dolores Costello

Isabel Amberson Minafer

Anne Baxter

Lucy Morgan

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