THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942)

ORSON WELLES

Classics Drama Recommended

Cast

JOSEPH COTTEN DOLORES COSTELLO AGNES MOOREHEAD TIM HOLT ANNE BAXTER RAY COLLINS RICHARD BENNET ERSKINE SANFORD DONALD DILLAWAY BERNARD HERRMANN

Plot

A flawed masterpiece of the cinema by one of its greatest craftsmen. This is the tale of the decline of a once powerful Southern family. Great because of the film's narrative structure and Welle's consumate grasp of the cinematic idiom - flawed because of RKO's insensitive editing in his absence.