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Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

"Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!"

6.8/10 1940 1h 47m Released
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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.

Director: Clarence Brown
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Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy
Thomas A. Edison
 Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn
General Powell
 Lynne Overman
Lynne Overman
Bunt Cavatt
 Rita Johnson
Rita Johnson
Mary Stilwell
 Gene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart
Mr. Taggart
 Henry Travers
Henry Travers
Ben Els
 Felix Bressart
Felix Bressart
Michael Simon
 Peter Godfrey
Peter Godfrey
Ashton
 Guy D'Ennery
Guy D'Ennery
Lundstrom
 Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger
Edwin Hall
 Milton Parsons
Milton Parsons
'Acid' Graham
 Arthur Aylesworth
Arthur Aylesworth
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