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.
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Part of Edison Collection
2 films
Cast
84 people
Spencer Tracy
Thomas A. Edison
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Jackie Taylor
Minor Role
Charles Coburn
General Powell
Known for
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Lady Eve
Lynne Overman
Bunt Cavatt
Known for
Union Pacific
Reap the Wild Wind
Rita Johnson
Mary Stilwell
Known for
The Major and the Minor
The Big Clock
Gene Lockhart
Mr. Taggart
Known for
His Girl Friday
Miracle on 34th Street
Henry Travers
Ben Els
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
Shadow of a Doubt
Felix Bressart
Michael Simon
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
The Shop Around the Corner
Peter Godfrey
Ashton
Known for
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Guy D'Ennery
Lundstrom
Known for
The Mark of Zorro
Anna Karenina
Byron Foulger
Edwin Hall
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
They Live by Night
Milton Parsons
'Acid' Graham
Known for
The Haunted Palace
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Clarence Brown Director · Talbot Jennings Screenplay Bradbury Foote Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.8M · Budget $893K · United States release May 10, 1940
Box office
Budget
$893,000
Worldwide gross
$1,787,000
Gross vs. budget
2.0×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 10, 1940
Theatrical
Russia
May 8, 1945 · Theatrical · Субтитры –субт.маст. ГУКиК, 1944 г.
Sweden
April 2, 1941 · Theatrical
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