The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

7.3IMDb Score
Released:1942-07-10
Duration:88 min
Director:Orson Welles
Actors:Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead
Production:Mercury Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Overview:

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

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