Edison, the Man
Clarence Brown1940-05-10
Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!
6.619
107 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Spencer Tracy | Thomas A. Edison | Unowned |
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Charles Coburn | General Powell | Unowned |
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Lynne Overman | Bunt Cavatt | Unowned |
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Rita Johnson | Mary Stilwell | Unowned |
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Gene Lockhart | Mr. Taggart | Unowned |
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Henry Travers | Ben Els | Unowned |
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Felix Bressart | Michael Simon | Unowned |
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Peter Godfrey | Ashton | Unowned |
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Guy D'Ennery | Lundstrom | Unowned |
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Byron Foulger | Edwin Hall | Unowned |
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Milton Parsons | 'Acid' Graham | Unowned |
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Arthur Aylesworth | Bigelow | Unowned |
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Gene Reynolds | Jimmy Price | Unowned |
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Addison Richards | Mr. Johnson | Unowned |
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Grant Mitchell | Snade | Unowned |
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Paul Hurst | Sheriff | Unowned |
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George Lessey | Toastmaster | Unowned |
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Jay Ward | John Schofield | Unowned |
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Ann Gillis | Nancy Grey | Unowned |
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Erville Alderson | First Lecturer | Unowned |
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William Arnold | Minor Role | Unowned |
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Hooper Atchley | Broker | Unowned |
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Irving Bacon | Sheriff | Unowned |
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Arthur Belasco | Broker | Unowned |
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Edward Biby | Party Guest | Unowned |
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Billy Bletcher | Reporter | Unowned |
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Harry C. Bradley | Preacher | Unowned |
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Harlan Briggs | Bisbee | Unowned |
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Fritzi Brunette | Minor Role | Unowned |
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John Butler | Mechanic | Unowned |
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James Carlisle | Party Guest | Unowned |
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George Chandler | Gold Exchange Clerk | Unowned |
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Howard Chase | Minor Role | Unowned |
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James Conaty | Party Guest | Unowned |
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Jimmy Conlin | Waiter | Unowned |
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Nick Copeland | Reporter | Unowned |
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Maurice Costello | Broker | Unowned |
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Nell Craig | Woman | Unowned |
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Jack Daley | Minor Role | Unowned |
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Edgar Dearing | Policeman | Unowned |
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Helen Dickson | Minor Role | Unowned |
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John Dilson | Broker | Unowned |
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Donald Douglas | Jordan | Unowned |
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Edward Earle | Broker | Unowned |
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Frank Faylen | Galbreath | Unowned |
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Walter Fenner | Man at Banquet | Unowned |
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Eddie Gribbon | Cashier | Unowned |
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Hale Hamilton | Broker | Unowned |
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Sam Harris | Party Guest | Unowned |
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Edward Hearn | Broker | Unowned |
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Arthur Stuart Hull | Broker | Unowned |
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Harry Humphrey | Broker | Unowned |
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Edward Keane | Lecturer | Unowned |
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Eve Kendall | Marion Estelle Edison | Unowned |
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Milton Kibbee | Workman | Unowned |
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Charles Lane | Second Lecturer | Unowned |
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Edward LeSaint | Doctor | Unowned |
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Wilfred Lucas | Broker | Unowned |
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Tom Mahoney | Policeman | Unowned |
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Eric Mayne | Party Guest | Unowned |
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Ralph McCullough | Reporter | Unowned |
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George Meader | Minister | Unowned |
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Harold Minjir | Blair | Unowned |
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Bruce Mitchell | Coachman | Unowned |
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Hans Moebus | Party Guest | Unowned |
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Edmund Mortimer | Party Guest | Unowned |
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Forbes Murray | Broker | Unowned |
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Louis Natheaux | Broker | Unowned |
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Alex Novinsky | Party Guest | Unowned |
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William H. O'Brien | Waiter | Unowned |
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George Ovey | Lamplighter | Unowned |
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Thomas Pogue | Minor Role | Unowned |
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Alexander Pollard | Butler | Unowned |
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Cyril Ring | Reporter | Unowned |
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Count Stefenelli | Party Guest | Unowned |
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Harry Strang | Minor Role | Unowned |
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Charles Trowbridge | Clark | Unowned |
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Emmett Vogan | Secretary | Unowned |
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Charles Waldron | First Commissioner | Unowned |
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Frank Whitbeck | Trailer Narrator (voice) | Unowned |
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Joe Whitehead | Minor Role | Unowned |
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Lloyd Whitlock | Broker | Unowned |
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Robert Winkler | Newsboy | Unowned |