Edison, the Man (1940)

Name: Edison, the Man
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1940-05-10
Duration: 107 min
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Charles Coburn, Lynne Overman, Rita Johnson, Gene Lockhart

Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

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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Released 1940-05-10 · 107 min · History, Drama

Directed by Clarence Brown

Part of Edison Collection

Cast

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