Tim Holt as the spoiled and impetuous George Minafer.
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FOR ORSON WELLES, The Magnificent Ambersons is the original Difficult Second Album. His first film was admittedly hardly a walk in the park — aturbulent and protracted release, it was a box-office disappointment, and ended up almost empty-handed on Oscar night — but it was still Citizen Kane. You try following up Citizen Kane, see how easy it is. The pressure was truly on for his next act.