Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

Release Date: 1940-05-10

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.

Rating: 6.8 / 10

Cast

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

Crew

  • Bradbury Foote - Screenplay

  • Clarence Brown - Director

  • Hugo Butler - Original Story

  • Dore Schary - Original Story

  • Talbot Jennings - Screenplay

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