Edison, the Man

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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Top Cast

Spencer Tracy

As Thomas A. Edison

Charles Coburn

As General Powell

Lynne Overman

As Bunt Cavatt

Rita Johnson

As Mary Stilwell

Gene Lockhart

As Mr. Taggart

Henry Travers

As Ben Els

Felix Bressart

As Michael Simon

Peter Godfrey

As Ashton

Guy D'Ennery

As Lundstrom

Byron Foulger

As Edwin Hall

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