Edison, the Man

1940 • 1h 47m • History, Drama

80%Rotten Tomatoes

Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

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

Writers

Talbot Jennings, Bradbury Foote

Status

Released