Edison, the Man

Name: Edison, the Man
Director: Clarence Brown
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1940-05-10
Duration: 107 min
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Charles Coburn, Lynne Overman, Rita Johnson, Gene Lockhart

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1940 · 107 min · NR · History · Drama · TMDB 6.8/10

Overview

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 by Clarence Brown

Cast

Spencer Tracy — Thomas A. Edison
Charles Coburn — General Powell
Lynne Overman — Bunt Cavatt
Rita Johnson — Mary Stilwell
Gene Lockhart — Mr. Taggart