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Edison, the Man
“Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!”
6.8 / 10• 1940• 1h 47m•NR• English
HistoryDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Spencer Tracy
Thomas A. Edison
Lead
Charles Coburn
General Powell
Lynne Overman
Bunt Cavatt
Rita Johnson
Mary Stilwell
Gene Lockhart
Mr. Taggart
Henry Travers
Ben Els
Felix Bressart
Michael Simon
Peter Godfrey
Ashton
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Clarence Brown's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Edison, the Man is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
