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Saturday Cinema: The Magnificent Ambersons

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring
Joseph Cotten
Agnes Moorhead Orson Welles 's second masterwork is a vivid adaptation
Of BOOTH TARKTNGTON'S Story of the rise and fall of a great family which in turn mirrors the decadence and faded glory of a doomed America.
Mercury player Joseph Cotten whose autobiography is published this week, gives one of his finest performances.
Screenplay by ORSON WELLES Produced and directed by ORSON WELLES
0 FILMS: page 19

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph Cotten
Unknown:
Agnes Moorhead
Unknown:
Orson Welles
Unknown:
Joseph Cotten
Play By:
Orson Welles
Eugene Morgan:
Joseph Cotten
Isabel:
Dolores Costello
Lucy Morgan:
Anne Baxter
George Amberson Minafer:
Tim Holt
Fanny:
Agnes Moorehead
Wilbur:
Don Dillaway
Jack Amberson:
Ray Collins
Maj Amberson:
Richard Bennett
Source: Radio Times

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