"The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved."
Joseph Cotten
as Eugene Morgan
Dolores Costello
as Isabel Amberson Minafer
Anne Baxter
as Lucy Morgan
Tim Holt
as George Minafer
Agnes Moorehead
as Fanny Minafer
Ray Collins
as Jack Amberson
Erskine Sanford
as Roger Bronson
Richard Bennett
as Major Amberson
Orson Welles
as Narrator (voice)
Edwin August
as Citizen (uncredited)
Georgia Backus
as Matron (uncredited)
Harry A. Bailey
Olive Ball
as Mary (Maid) (uncredited)
Jack Baxley
as Reverend Smith (uncredited)
William Blees
as Young Man at Accident (uncredited)
Lyle Clement
Bobby Cooper
as George Minafer as a Boy (uncredited)
Don Dillaway
as Wilbur Minafer (uncredited)
Heenan Elliott
as Workman (uncredited)
John Elliott
as Guest (uncredited)
William Elmer
as Servant (uncredited)
James Fawcett
Mel Ford
as Fred Kinney (uncredited)
Nancy Gates
as Girl (uncredited)
Nina Guilbert
Maynard Holmes
Edward Howard
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Harry Humphrey
Elmer Jerome
as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
J. Louis Johnson
as Sam (Butler) (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Del Lawrence
Bert LeBaron
John McGuire
as Young Man (uncredited)
Philip Morris
as Policeman (uncredited)
Anne O'Neal
as Mrs. Foster (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Charles R. Phipps
as Uncle John (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
as Nurse (uncredited)
Drew Roddy
as Elijah (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
as Hardware Man (uncredited)
Jack Santoro
as Barber (uncredited)
Gus Schilling
as Drug Clerk (uncredited)
Kathryn Sheldon
Sada Simmons
as Wife (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
James Westerfield
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Joe Whitehead
Director
Screenplay
Producer
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer
Stanley Cortez
Director of Photography
Albert S. D'Agostino
Production Design
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
David Sharpe
Stunt Double
Helen Thurston
Mel Berns
Makeup Department Head
Jack Moss
Associate Producer
Additional Photography
Jack MacKenzie
Additional Editing
Mark Robson
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Maurice Seiderman
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
Chesley Bonestell
Other
Bailey Fesler
Sound Recordist
James G. Stewart
Terry Kellum
Sound
Roy Meadows
Boom Operator
Earl B. Mounce
James Thompson
John E. Tribby
Clifford Stine
Visual Effects
Robert Wise
Booth Tarkington
Novel
Editor
A. Roland Fields
Set Dresser
Mark-Lee Kirk
Set Designer
Fred Fleck
Bill McLellan
Gaffer
Unit Manager
Claire Cramer
Wardrobe Designer
George Schaefer
Executive Producer