TMDb Rating
6.8/10
25 verified votes
Edison, the Man (1940)
HistoryDrama
107 min
"Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!"
Plot Summary
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
Top Cast
Spencer TracyCharles CoburnLynne OvermanRita JohnsonGene Lockhart
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