Edison, the Man

Name: Edison, the Man
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1940-05-10
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Charles Coburn, Lynne Overman, Rita Johnson, Gene Lockhart

"Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!"

6.8 (25 votes) IMDb 7.0 (2K) May 1940 1h 47m NR

Drama History

Overview

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.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

English