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Edison, the Man(1940)

NR05/10/1940 (US)HistoryDrama1h 47m
67%

Movie Score

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.

Movie Cast

Spencer Tracy photo

Spencer Tracy

Thomas A. Edison

Charles Coburn photo

Charles Coburn

General Powell

Lynne Overman photo

Lynne Overman

Bunt Cavatt

Rita Johnson photo

Rita Johnson

Mary Stilwell

Gene Lockhart photo

Gene Lockhart

Mr. Taggart

Felix Bressart photo

Felix Bressart

Michael Simon

Guy D'Ennery photo

Guy D'Ennery

Lundstrom

Byron Foulger photo

Byron Foulger

Edwin Hall

Milton Parsons photo

Milton Parsons

'Acid' Graham

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Original LanguageEnglish

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