Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man (1940)

6.8 107 min Movie
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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.

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Cast

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
Milton Parsons Milton Parsons 'Acid' Graham
Arthur Aylesworth Arthur Aylesworth Bigelow

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