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