Edison, the Man (1940)

  • NR
  • 05/10/1940 (US)
  • History, Drama
  • 1h 47m

Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

Overview

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.

Talbot Jennings

Screenplay

Bradbury Foote

Screenplay

Clarence Brown

Director

Cast

Spencer Tracy's headshot

Spencer Tracy

Thomas A. Edison
Charles Coburn's headshot

Charles Coburn

General Powell
Lynne Overman's headshot

Lynne Overman

Bunt Cavatt
Rita Johnson's headshot

Rita Johnson

Mary Stilwell
Gene Lockhart's headshot

Gene Lockhart

Mr. Taggart
Henry Travers's headshot

Henry Travers

Ben Els
Felix Bressart's headshot

Felix Bressart

Michael Simon
Peter Godfrey's headshot

Peter Godfrey

Ashton

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