Edison, the Man

1940

NR

1h 47m

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6.8/10
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Drama

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.

Writers

Talbot Jennings(screenplay by)
Bradbury Foote(screenplay by)
Dore Schary(original story by)
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Spencer Tracy
Thomas A. Edison
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Charles Coburn
General Powell
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Lynne Overman
Bunt Cavatt
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Rita Johnson
Mary Stilwell
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Gene Lockhart
Mr. Taggart
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Felix Bressart
Michael Simon
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Guy D'Ennery
Lundstrom
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Byron Foulger
Edwin Hall
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Milton Parsons
'Acid' Graham
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Gene Reynolds
Jimmy Price
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Addison Richards
Mr. Johnson
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Paul Hurst
Sheriff
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George Lessey
Toastmaster
Jay Ward
John Schofield

Writers

Talbot Jennings(screenplay by)
Bradbury Foote(screenplay by)
Dore Schary(original story by)

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Release date

May 10, 1940 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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