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
Orson Welles
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Additional Photography
Booth Tarkington
Novel
Robert Wise
Editor, Assistant Director
Jack Moss
Additional Editing, Associate Producer
Mark Robson
Additional Editing
Stanley Cortez
Director of Photography
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
Fred Fleck
Assistant Director, Unit Manager
George Schaefer
Executive Producer
Albert S. D'Agostino
Production Design
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
Claire Cramer
Wardrobe Designer
Mel Berns
Makeup Department Head
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Maurice Seiderman
Makeup Artist
James G. Stewart
Sound Recordist
Bailey Fesler
Sound Recordist
Terry Kellum
Sound
John E. Tribby
Sound
Earl B. Mounce
Sound
Roy Meadows
Boom Operator
James Thompson
Boom Operator
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Clifford Stine
Visual Effects
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
A. Roland Fields
Set Dresser
Mark-Lee Kirk
Set Designer
Helen Thurston
Stunt Double
David Sharpe
Stunt Double
Jack MacKenzie
Additional Photography
Bill McLellan
Gaffer
Chesley Bonestell
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