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