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Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

Part of Edison Collection

1940•1h 47m•6.8/10
HistoryDrama

Ratings

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6.8/10(27)

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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Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

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Cast

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Thomas A. Edison

Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

General Powell

Lynne Overman

Lynne Overman

Bunt Cavatt

Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson

Mary Stilwell

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Mr. Taggart

Henry Travers

Henry Travers

Ben Els

Felix Bressart

Felix Bressart

Michael Simon

Peter Godfrey

Peter Godfrey

Ashton

Guy D'Ennery

Guy D'Ennery

Lundstrom

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Edwin Hall

Milton Parsons

Milton Parsons

'Acid' Graham

Arthur Aylesworth

Arthur Aylesworth

Bigelow

Gene Reynolds

Gene Reynolds

Jimmy Price

Addison Richards

Addison Richards

Mr. Johnson

Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

Snade

Paul Hurst

Paul Hurst

Sheriff

George Lessey

George Lessey

Toastmaster

Jay Ward

John Schofield

Ann Gillis

Ann Gillis

Nancy Grey

Erville Alderson

Erville Alderson

First Lecturer

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