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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)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jun 26 2022

This is a actually quite a sad story; though given the wealth and opportunity offered the young "George" (Tim Holt) it might seem fatuous to say so. He is born into a family with money, status and privilege so, consequently, grows up into a young man with little, if any, appreciation of anything - all he wants to do is sail boats. As the plot develops, we see the return of "Eugene" (Joseph Cotton) the man his mother, now widowed, (Dolores Costello) really did love before a childish spat drove her into the arms of the dreary, but reliable, "Wilbur". "George" is determined to ensure that any reki...