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Edison, the Man

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Edison, the Man

Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

6.8

1h 47m

1940

“Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!”

Synopsis

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

Trailer

HistoryDrama

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Cast & Crew

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

as Thomas A. Edison

Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

as General Powell

Lynne Overman

Lynne Overman

as Bunt Cavatt

Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson

as Mary Stilwell

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

as Mr. Taggart

Henry Travers

Henry Travers

as Ben Els

Felix Bressart

Felix Bressart

as Michael Simon

Peter Godfrey

Peter Godfrey

as Ashton

Guy D'Ennery

Guy D'Ennery

as Lundstrom

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