
Edison, the Man
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.
Top Billed Cast

Spencer Tracy
Thomas A. Edison

Charles Coburn
General Powell

Lynne Overman
Bunt Cavatt

Rita Johnson
Mary Stilwell

Gene Lockhart
Mr. Taggart
Featured Crew
Hugo Butler
Original Story
Talbot Jennings
Screenplay

Dore Schary
Original Story
Bradbury Foote
Screenplay

Clarence Brown
Director

Herbert Stothart
Music