

Edison, the Man
"Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!"
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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Key Crew

Clarence Brown
Director
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