Edison, the Man (1940)
Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!
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 |
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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.
Tagline: | Spencer Tracy's greatest performance! |
Certification: | NR |
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Genres: History, Drama
Language: English
Release Date: 10 May 1940
Country: US
Runtime: 107m
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Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Clarence Brown |
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Hugo Butler |
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Talbot Jennings |
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Dore Schary |
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Herbert Stothart |
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