Edison, the Man
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.
Director Clarence Brown
Trailer
Cast
Arthur Aylesworth
Bigelow
Addison Richards
Mr. Johnson
Harlan Briggs
Bisbee
George Chandler
Gold Exchange Clerk
Arthur Stuart Hull
Broker
Harry Humphrey
Broker
Erville Alderson
First Lecturer
Fritzi Brunette
Minor Role
Edward Keane
Lecturer
Peter Godfrey
Ashton
Gene Reynolds
Jimmy Price
Irving Bacon
Sheriff
Nell Craig
Woman
Lloyd Whitlock
Broker
Henry Travers
Ben Els
Billy Bletcher
Reporter
Edward Earle
Broker
Felix Bressart
Michael Simon
Edward LeSaint
Doctor
Cyril Ring
Reporter
Lynne Overman
Bunt Cavatt
Jimmy Conlin
Waiter
Milton Kibbee
Workman
Wilfred Lucas
Broker
Grant Mitchell
Snade
George Lessey
Toastmaster
Frank Faylen
Galbreath
Eric Mayne
Party Guest
William H. O'Brien
Waiter
Guy D'Ennery
Lundstrom
Walter Fenner
Man at Banquet
Charles Lane
Second Lecturer
Harry Strang
Minor Role
Byron Foulger
Edwin Hall
Forbes Murray
Broker
Hooper Atchley
Broker
Edgar Dearing
Policeman
John Dilson
Broker
George Ovey
Lamplighter
Charles Trowbridge
Clark
Emmett Vogan
Secretary
Eddie Gribbon
Cashier
Hale Hamilton
Broker
George Meader
Minister
Rita Johnson
Mary Stilwell
Paul Hurst
Sheriff
Ann Gillis
Nancy Grey
Harold Minjir
Blair
Spencer Tracy
Thomas A. Edison
Gene Lockhart
Mr. Taggart
Donald Douglas
Jordan
Edward Hearn
Broker
Charles Coburn
General Powell
Louis Natheaux
Broker
Harry C. Bradley
Preacher
Milton Parsons
'Acid' Graham
Maurice Costello
Broker