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Edison, the Man

1940 "Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!"
Edison, the Man
7| 1h47m| NR| en| Drama, History
Storyline

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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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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  • Edison, the Man Cast
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
Henry Travers as Ben Els
Felix Bressart as Michael Simon
Peter Godfrey as Ashton
Guy D'Ennery as Lundstrom

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