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