The Magnificent Ambersons

Name: The Magnificent Ambersons
Director: Orson Welles
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1942
Duration: 88 min

1h 28m · 1942 · Directed by Orson Welles · 3.9 / 5 on Letterboxd

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) runs 1h 28m, directed by Orson Welles. It is one of 3,647 films in the 100 Minute Movies catalog — every one rated 3.0 or higher by Letterboxd members and short enough to finish in an evening.

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

Genres: Drama, Romance

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