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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, Metacritic 93/100. Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 86% of the 414 1940s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic93/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
491 audience votes
Key crew
- Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer
- Orson WellesDirector
- Orson WellesScreenplay
Cast
- Joseph CottenEugene Morgan
- Dolores CostelloIsabel Amberson Minafer
- Anne BaxterLucy Morgan
- Tim HoltGeorge Minafer
- Agnes MooreheadFanny Minafer
- Ray CollinsJack Amberson
- Erskine SanfordRoger Bronson
- Richard BennettMajor Amberson
- Orson WellesNarrator (voice)
- Edwin AugustCitizen (uncredited)
- Georgia BackusMatron (uncredited)
- Harry A. BaileyCitizen (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
small townmarriage proposaljealousylove of one's lifemarriage crisisonly child