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