Edison, the Man
Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man (1940)

1940-05-10

(US) •

History,

Drama

Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

6.6/10

User

Score

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 Cast

Edison, the Man

Spencer Tracy

Thomas A. Edison

Edison, the Man

Charles Coburn

General Powell

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Lynne Overman

Bunt Cavatt

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Rita Johnson

Mary Stilwell

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Gene Lockhart

Mr. Taggart

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Henry Travers

Ben Els

Edison, the Man

Felix Bressart

Michael Simon

Edison, the Man

Peter Godfrey

Ashton

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Guy D'Ennery

Lundstrom

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Byron Foulger

Edwin Hall

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Milton Parsons

'Acid' Graham

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Arthur Aylesworth

Bigelow

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Gene Reynolds

Jimmy Price

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Addison Richards

Mr. Johnson

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Grant Mitchell

Snade

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Paul Hurst

Sheriff

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George Lessey

Toastmaster

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Jay Ward

John Schofield

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Ann Gillis

Nancy Grey

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Erville Alderson

First Lecturer

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William Arnold

Minor Role

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Hooper Atchley

Broker

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Irving Bacon

Sheriff

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Arthur Belasco

Broker

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Edward Biby

Party Guest

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Billy Bletcher

Reporter

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Harry C. Bradley

Preacher

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Harlan Briggs

Bisbee

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Fritzi Brunette

Minor Role

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John Butler

Mechanic

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James Carlisle

Party Guest

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George Chandler

Gold Exchange Clerk

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Howard Chase

Minor Role

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James Conaty

Party Guest

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Jimmy Conlin

Waiter

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Nick Copeland

Reporter

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Maurice Costello

Broker

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Nell Craig

Woman

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Jack Daley

Minor Role

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Edgar Dearing

Policeman

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Helen Dickson

Minor Role

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John Dilson

Broker

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Donald Douglas

Jordan

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Edward Earle

Broker

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Frank Faylen

Galbreath

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Walter Fenner

Man at Banquet

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Eddie Gribbon

Cashier

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Hale Hamilton

Broker

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Sam Harris

Party Guest

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Edward Hearn

Broker

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Arthur Stuart Hull

Broker

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Harry Humphrey

Broker

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Edward Keane

Lecturer

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Eve Kendall

Marion Estelle Edison

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Milton Kibbee

Workman

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Charles Lane

Second Lecturer

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Edward LeSaint

Doctor

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Wilfred Lucas

Broker

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Tom Mahoney

Policeman

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Eric Mayne

Party Guest

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Ralph McCullough

Reporter

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George Meader

Minister

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Harold Minjir

Blair

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Bruce Mitchell

Coachman

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Hans Moebus

Party Guest

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Edmund Mortimer

Party Guest

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Forbes Murray

Broker

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Louis Natheaux

Broker

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Alex Novinsky

Party Guest

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William H. O'Brien

Waiter

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George Ovey

Lamplighter

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Thomas Pogue

Minor Role

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Alexander Pollard

Butler

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Cyril Ring

Reporter

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Count Stefenelli

Party Guest

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Harry Strang

Minor Role

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Charles Trowbridge

Clark

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Emmett Vogan

Secretary

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Charles Waldron

First Commissioner

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Frank Whitbeck

Trailer Narrator (voice)

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Joe Whitehead

Minor Role

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Lloyd Whitlock

Broker

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Robert Winkler

Newsboy