Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

10/5/1940 1h 47m 6.6/10

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.

Director

Clarence Brown

Top Billed Cast

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Thomas A. Edison

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Mr. Taggart

Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

General Powell

Henry Travers

Henry Travers

Ben Els

Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson

Mary Stilwell

Lynne Overman

Lynne Overman

Bunt Cavatt

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