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Edison, the Man
Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!
6.8(29)19401h 47m
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.
- Director
- Clarence Brown
- Writers
- Talbot Jennings,Bradbury Foote
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Cast
Spencer Tracy
Thomas A. Edison
Charles Coburn
General Powell
Lynne Overman
Bunt Cavatt
Rita Johnson
Mary Stilwell
Gene Lockhart
Mr. Taggart
Henry Travers
Ben Els
Felix Bressart
Michael Simon
Peter Godfrey
Ashton
Guy D'Ennery
Lundstrom
Byron Foulger
Edwin Hall
Milton Parsons
'Acid' Graham
Arthur Aylesworth
Bigelow
Gene Reynolds
Jimmy Price
Addison Richards
Mr. Johnson
Grant Mitchell
Snade
Paul Hurst
Sheriff
George Lessey
Toastmaster
Jay Ward
John Schofield
Ann Gillis
Nancy Grey
Erville Alderson
First Lecturer
William Arnold
Minor Role
Hooper Atchley
Broker
Irving Bacon
Sheriff
Arthur Belasco
Broker
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Crew
Directing
- Clarence BrownDirector
Writing
- Talbot JenningsScreenplay
- Bradbury FooteScreenplay
- Dore ScharyOriginal Story
- Hugo ButlerOriginal Story
Sound
- Herbert StothartMusic