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