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10/05/1940 History, Drama 1h 47m
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Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

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.

  1. Clarence Brown

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Spencer Tracy

    Thomas A. Edison

  2. Charles Coburn

    General Powell

  3. Lynne Overman

    Bunt Cavatt

  4. Rita Johnson

    Mary Stilwell

  5. Gene Lockhart

    Mr. Taggart

  6. Henry Travers

    Ben Els

  7. Felix Bressart

    Michael Simon

  8. Peter Godfrey

    Ashton

  9. Guy D'Ennery

    Lundstrom

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Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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