---
title: 'The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Orson Welles'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-magnificent-ambersons-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035015/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

1942 · 88 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1942 American period drama written, produced, and directed by Orson Welles. Welles adapted Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize–winning 1918 novel about the declining fortunes of a wealthy Midwestern family and the social changes brought by the automobile age. The film stars Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead and Ray Collins, with Welles providing the narration.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles)
- **Screenplay:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles)
- **Producer:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles)
- **Director of Photography:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles), [Stanley Cortez](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-cortez), [Russell Metty](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-metty)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernard Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-herrmann)
- **Editor:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise)

## Cast

- [Richard Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-bennett)
- [Dolores Costello](https://cinepixo.com/people/dolores-costello)
- [Don Dillaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-dillaway)
- [Nancy Gates](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-gates)
- [Agnes Moorehead](https://cinepixo.com/people/agnes-moorehead)
- [Dorothy Vaughan](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-vaughan)
- [Tim Holt](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-holt)
- [Joseph Cotten](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-cotten)
- [Anne Baxter](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-baxter)
- [Ray Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-collins)
- [Erskine Sanford](https://cinepixo.com/people/erskine-sanford)
- [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles)

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Official site: http://ambersons.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-magnificent-ambersons-1942
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