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