Feature1940·107m·6.8

Edison, the Man

Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

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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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Cast

Spencer Tracy

Thomas A. Edison

Charles Coburn

General Powell

Lynne Overman

Bunt Cavatt

Rita Johnson

Mary Stilwell

Gene Lockhart

Mr. Taggart

Henry Travers

Ben Els

Felix Bressart

Michael Simon

Peter Godfrey

Ashton

Guy D'Ennery

Lundstrom

Byron Foulger

Edwin Hall

Milton Parsons

'Acid' Graham

Arthur Aylesworth

Bigelow

Gene Reynolds

Jimmy Price

Addison Richards

Mr. Johnson

Grant Mitchell

Snade

Paul Hurst

Sheriff

George Lessey

Toastmaster

Jay Ward

John Schofield

Ann Gillis

Nancy Grey

Erville Alderson

First Lecturer

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Crew

Director

Clarence Brown

Writers

Hugo Butler, Talbot Jennings, Dore Schary, Bradbury Foote

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