Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man (1940)

Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

  • Genre: History, Drama
  • Release Date: 1940-05-10
  • User Rating: 6.619/10 from 21 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 47min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Clarence Brown
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Summary

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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  • Spencer Tracy

    as Thomas A. Edison

  • Charles Coburn

    as General Powell

  • Lynne Overman

    as Bunt Cavatt

  • Rita Johnson

    as Mary Stilwell

  • Gene Lockhart

    as Mr. Taggart

  • Henry Travers

    as Ben Els

  • Felix Bressart

    as Michael Simon

  • Peter Godfrey

    as Ashton

  • Guy D'Ennery

    as Lundstrom

  • Byron Foulger

    as Edwin Hall

  • Milton Parsons

    as 'Acid' Graham

  • Arthur Aylesworth

    as Bigelow

  • Gene Reynolds

    as Jimmy Price

  • Addison Richards

    as Mr. Johnson

  • Grant Mitchell

    as Snade

  • Paul Hurst

    as Sheriff

  • George Lessey

    as Toastmaster

  • Jay Ward

    as John Schofield

  • Ann Gillis

    as Nancy Grey

  • Erville Alderson

    as First Lecturer

  • William Arnold

    as Minor Role

  • Hooper Atchley

    as Broker

  • Irving Bacon

    as Sheriff

  • Arthur Belasco

    as Broker

  • Edward Biby

    as Party Guest

  • Billy Bletcher

    as Reporter

  • Harry C. Bradley

    as Preacher

  • Harlan Briggs

    as Bisbee

  • Fritzi Brunette

    as Minor Role

  • John Butler

    as Mechanic

  • James Carlisle

    as Party Guest

  • George Chandler

    as Gold Exchange Clerk

  • Howard Chase

    as Minor Role

  • James Conaty

    as Party Guest

  • Jimmy Conlin

    as Waiter

  • Nick Copeland

    as Reporter

  • Maurice Costello

    as Broker

  • Nell Craig

    as Woman

  • Jack Daley

    as Minor Role

  • Edgar Dearing

    as Policeman

  • Helen Dickson

    as Minor Role

  • John Dilson

    as Broker

  • Donald Douglas

    as Jordan

  • Edward Earle

    as Broker

  • Frank Faylen

    as Galbreath

  • Walter Fenner

    as Man at Banquet

  • Eddie Gribbon

    as Cashier

  • Hale Hamilton

    as Broker

  • Sam Harris

    as Party Guest

  • Edward Hearn

    as Broker

  • Arthur Stuart Hull

    as Broker

  • Harry Humphrey

    as Broker

  • Edward Keane

    as Lecturer

  • Eve Kendall

    as Marion Estelle Edison

  • Milton Kibbee

    as Workman

  • Charles Lane

    as Second Lecturer

  • Edward LeSaint

    as Doctor

  • Wilfred Lucas

    as Broker

  • Tom Mahoney

    as Policeman

  • Eric Mayne

    as Party Guest

  • Ralph McCullough

    as Reporter

  • George Meader

    as Minister

  • Harold Minjir

    as Blair

  • Bruce Mitchell

    as Coachman

  • Hans Moebus

    as Party Guest

  • Edmund Mortimer

    as Party Guest

  • Forbes Murray

    as Broker

  • Louis Natheaux

    as Broker

  • Alex Novinsky

    as Party Guest

  • William H. O'Brien

    as Waiter

  • George Ovey

    as Lamplighter

  • Thomas Pogue

    as Minor Role

  • Alexander Pollard

    as Butler

  • Cyril Ring

    as Reporter

  • Count Stefenelli

    as Party Guest

  • Harry Strang

    as Minor Role

  • Charles Trowbridge

    as Clark

  • Emmett Vogan

    as Secretary

  • Charles Waldron

    as First Commissioner

  • Frank Whitbeck

    as Trailer Narrator (voice)

  • Joe Whitehead

    as Minor Role

  • Lloyd Whitlock

    as Broker

  • Robert Winkler

    as Newsboy
Writing Bradbury Foote Screenplay
Directing Clarence Brown Director
Writing Hugo Butler Original Story
Writing Dore Schary Original Story
Writing Talbot Jennings Screenplay
Sound Herbert Stothart Music

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