Movie · 1940
Edison, the Man
“Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!”
Released 10 May 1940 107 min History / Drama More from 1940 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Henry Travers
as Ben Els
Grant Mitchell
as Snade
Charles Coburn
as General Powell
Harlan Briggs
as Bisbee
Arthur Aylesworth
as Bigelow
Edward Earle
as Broker
Guy D'Ennery
as Lundstrom
Lynne Overman
as Bunt Cavatt
Paul Hurst
as Sheriff
Gene Lockhart
as Mr. Taggart
Felix Bressart
as Michael Simon
Nell Craig
as Woman
Byron Foulger
as Edwin Hall
George Chandler
as Gold Exchange Clerk
Spencer Tracy
as Thomas A. Edison
Peter Godfrey
as Ashton
Addison Richards
as Mr. Johnson
Milton Parsons
as 'Acid' Graham
Charles Lane
as Second Lecturer
Donald Douglas
as Jordan
Frank Faylen
as Galbreath
Rita Johnson
as Mary Stilwell
Gene Reynolds
as Jimmy Price
Nick Copeland
as Reporter
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The numbers
49years between the oldest and youngest billed
66Henry Travers — oldest on the call sheet
17Gene Reynolds — youngest billed
46average age of the credited cast