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Edison, the Man

Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

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Edison, the Man — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • May 10, 1940
  • Runtime
  • 107 min
  • Genres
  • History, Drama
  • Director
  • Clarence Brown

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Edison, the Man — 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 Henry Travers photo Henry Travers Ben Els Felix Bressart photo Felix Bressart Michael Simon Peter Godfrey photo Peter Godfrey Ashton

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