The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Orson Welles.

Cast

• Joseph Cotten as Eugene Morgan
• Dolores Costello as Isabel Amberson Minafer
• Anne Baxter as Lucy Morgan
• Tim Holt as George Minafer
• Agnes Moorehead as Fanny Minafer
• Ray Collins as Jack Amberson
• Erskine Sanford as Roger Bronson
• Richard Bennett as Major Amberson
• Orson Welles as Narrator (voice)
• Edwin August as Citizen (uncredited)
• Georgia Backus as Matron (uncredited)
• Harry A. Bailey as Citizen (uncredited)
• Olive Ball as Mary (Maid) (uncredited)
• Jack Baxley as Reverend Smith (uncredited)
• William Blees as Young Man at Accident (uncredited)
• Lyle Clement as Citizen (uncredited)
• Bobby Cooper as George Minafer as a Boy (uncredited)
• Don Dillaway as Wilbur Minafer (uncredited)
• Heenan Elliott as Workman (uncredited)
• John Elliott as Guest (uncredited)
• William Elmer as Servant (uncredited)
• James Fawcett as Citizen (uncredited)
• Mel Ford as Fred Kinney (uncredited)
• Nancy Gates as Girl (uncredited)
• Nina Guilbert as Guest (uncredited)
• Maynard Holmes as Citizen (uncredited)
• Edward Howard as Chauffeur (uncredited)
• Harry Humphrey as Citizen (uncredited)
• Elmer Jerome as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
• J. Louis Johnson as Sam (Butler) (uncredited)
• Lew Kelly as Citizen (uncredited)
• Del Lawrence as Citizen (uncredited)
• Bert LeBaron as Citizen (uncredited)
• John McGuire as Young Man (uncredited)
• Philip Morris as Policeman (uncredited)
• Anne O'Neal as Mrs. Foster (uncredited)
• Gil Perkins as Citizen (uncredited)
• Charles R. Phipps as Uncle John (uncredited)
• Hilda Plowright as Nurse (uncredited)
• Drew Roddy as Elijah (uncredited)

Crew

• Orson Welles — Screenplay
• Bernard Herrmann — Original Music Composer
• Stanley Cortez — Director of Photography
• Orson Welles — Director
• Orson Welles — Producer
• Booth Tarkington — Novel

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