🎬 History, Drama

Edison, the Man

"Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!"

⭐ 6.8/10 1940 1h 47m Dir. Clarence Brown
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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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6.8/10 27 votes

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Year
1940
Runtime
1h 47m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.8/10
Votes
27
Genre
History, Drama
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 History 🎭 Drama 🎬 Clarence Brown 👤 Spencer Tracy 👤 Charles Coburn 👤 Lynne Overman
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Questions about Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man has a runtime of 1h 47m (1 hour and 47 minutes).
Edison, the Man was directed by Clarence Brown and released in 1940.
Edison, the Man is a History, Drama film (1940).
The cast of Edison, the Man includes Spencer Tracy, Charles Coburn, Lynne Overman, Rita Johnson, Gene Lockhart.
Edison, the Man has a TMDB rating of 6.8/10 based on 27 votes.

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