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