CinemaOSMovie · 1940 · 1h 47m · NR
Edison, the Man

Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

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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.

Directed byClarence Brown

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 47m
Language
EN
Released
May 10, 1940
Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Edison the Man - Trailer

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Thomas A. Edison

Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

General Powell

Lynne Overman

Lynne Overman

Bunt Cavatt

Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson

Mary Stilwell

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Mr. Taggart

Henry Travers

Henry Travers

Ben Els

Felix Bressart

Felix Bressart

Michael Simon

Peter Godfrey

Peter Godfrey

Ashton

Guy D'Ennery

Guy D'Ennery

Lundstrom

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Edwin Hall

Creative team
Directed by
Clarence Brown
Clarence Brown
Written by
Talbot Jennings
Bradbury Foote

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