Edison, the Man

1940

6.8 (27)

1 hr 47 min

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.

Top 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

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