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Edison, the Man

1940 · 107 min · History · Drama

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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Creators

Clarence Brown — Director

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Spencer Tracy portraitSpencer TracyThomas A. EdisonCharles Coburn portraitCharles CoburnGeneral PowellLynne Overman portraitLynne OvermanBunt CavattRita Johnson portraitRita JohnsonMary StilwellGene Lockhart portraitGene LockhartMr. TaggartHenry Travers portraitHenry TraversBen ElsFelix Bressart portraitFelix BressartMichael SimonPeter Godfrey portraitPeter GodfreyAshtonGuy D'Ennery portraitGuy D'EnneryLundstromByron Foulger portraitByron FoulgerEdwin Hall

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