"Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!"

1940

1h 47m

6.6(22 votes)

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Drama

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.

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Cast & Crew

83 members

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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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Henry Travers

Ben Els

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Felix Bressart

Michael Simon

Directing

Peter Godfrey

Ashton

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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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Arthur Aylesworth

Bigelow

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Gene Reynolds

Jimmy Price

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Addison Richards

Mr. Johnson

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Grant Mitchell

Snade

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Paul Hurst

Sheriff

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George Lessey

Toastmaster

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Jay Ward

John Schofield

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Ann Gillis

Nancy Grey

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Erville Alderson

First Lecturer

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William Arnold

Minor Role

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Hooper Atchley

Broker

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Irving Bacon

Sheriff

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Arthur Belasco

Broker

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Edward Biby

Party Guest

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Billy Bletcher

Reporter

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Harry C. Bradley

Preacher

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Harlan Briggs

Bisbee

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Fritzi Brunette

Minor Role

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John Butler

Mechanic

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James Carlisle

Party Guest

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George Chandler

Gold Exchange Clerk

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Howard Chase

Minor Role

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James Conaty

Party Guest

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Jimmy Conlin

Waiter

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Nick Copeland

Reporter

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Maurice Costello

Broker

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Nell Craig

Woman

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Jack Daley

Minor Role

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Edgar Dearing

Policeman

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Helen Dickson

Minor Role

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John Dilson

Broker

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Donald Douglas

Jordan

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Edward Earle

Broker

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Frank Faylen

Galbreath

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Walter Fenner

Man at Banquet

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Eddie Gribbon

Cashier

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Hale Hamilton

Broker

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Sam Harris

Party Guest

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Edward Hearn

Broker

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Arthur Stuart Hull

Broker

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Harry Humphrey

Broker

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Edward Keane

Lecturer

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Eve Kendall

Marion Estelle Edison

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Milton Kibbee

Workman

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Charles Lane

Second Lecturer

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Edward LeSaint

Doctor

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Wilfred Lucas

Broker

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Tom Mahoney

Policeman

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Eric Mayne

Party Guest

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Ralph McCullough

Reporter

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George Meader

Minister

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Harold Minjir

Blair

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Bruce Mitchell

Coachman

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Hans Moebus

Party Guest

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Edmund Mortimer

Party Guest

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Forbes Murray

Broker

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Louis Natheaux

Broker

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Alex Novinsky

Party Guest

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William H. O'Brien

Waiter

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George Ovey

Lamplighter

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Thomas Pogue

Minor Role

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Alexander Pollard

Butler

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Cyril Ring

Reporter

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Count Stefenelli

Party Guest

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Harry Strang

Minor Role

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Charles Trowbridge

Clark

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Emmett Vogan

Secretary

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Charles Waldron

First Commissioner

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Frank Whitbeck

Trailer Narrator (voice)

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Joe Whitehead

Minor Role

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Lloyd Whitlock

Broker

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Robert Winkler

Newsboy

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