Film
Edison, the Man
1940 · 1h 47m · History · Drama
Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!
- IMDb
- 7.0
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 80%
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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.
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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
Crew
- Clarence BrownDirector
- Talbot JenningsScreenplay
- Bradbury FooteScreenplay
Media
Details
- Release date
- May 10, 1940
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- History, Drama
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