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