Edison, the Man

1940 6.6 (22 votes) 1h 47m

Genres

History Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

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.

Key Crew

Screenplay: Bradbury Foote, Talbot Jennings

Director: Clarence Brown

Top 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

Videos

Edison the Man - Trailer

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