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