Edison, the Man
Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!
6.8(27) 1940-05-10 107 minHistoryDrama
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.
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Spencer Tracy
as Thomas A. Edison
Charles Coburn
as General Powell
Lynne Overman
as Bunt Cavatt
Rita Johnson
as Mary Stilwell
Gene Lockhart
as Mr. Taggart
Henry Travers
as Ben Els
Felix Bressart
as Michael Simon
Peter Godfrey
as Ashton
Guy D'Ennery
as Lundstrom
Byron Foulger
as Edwin Hall
Milton Parsons
as 'Acid' Graham
Arthur Aylesworth
as Bigelow
Gene Reynolds
as Jimmy Price
Addison Richards
as Mr. Johnson
Grant Mitchell
as Snade
Paul Hurst
as Sheriff
George Lessey
as Toastmaster
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Jay Ward
as John Schofield
Ann Gillis
as Nancy Grey
Erville Alderson
as First Lecturer
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William Arnold
as Minor Role
Hooper Atchley
as Broker
Irving Bacon
as Sheriff
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Arthur Belasco
as Broker
