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Score: 66%( 22 votes )

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.

Cast:

Spencer Tracy
Thomas A. Edison

Charles Coburn
General Powell

Lynne Overman
Bunt Cavatt

Rita Johnson
Mary Stilwell

Gene Lockhart
Mr. Taggart

Henry Travers
Ben Els

Felix Bressart
Michael Simon

Peter Godfrey
Ashton

Guy D'Ennery
Lundstrom

Byron Foulger
Edwin Hall

Milton Parsons
'Acid' Graham

Arthur Aylesworth
Bigelow

Gene Reynolds
Jimmy Price

Addison Richards
Mr. Johnson

Grant Mitchell
Snade

Paul Hurst
Sheriff

George Lessey
Toastmaster

Jay Ward
John Schofield

Ann Gillis
Nancy Grey

Erville Alderson
First Lecturer

William Arnold
Minor Role

Hooper Atchley
Broker

Irving Bacon
Sheriff

Arthur Belasco
Broker

Edward Biby
Party Guest

Billy Bletcher
Reporter

Harry C. Bradley
Preacher

Harlan Briggs
Bisbee

Fritzi Brunette
Minor Role

John Butler
Mechanic

James Carlisle
Party Guest

George Chandler
Gold Exchange Clerk

Howard Chase
Minor Role

James Conaty
Party Guest

Jimmy Conlin
Waiter

Nick Copeland
Reporter

Maurice Costello
Broker

Nell Craig
Woman

Jack Daley
Minor Role

Edgar Dearing
Policeman

Helen Dickson
Minor Role

John Dilson
Broker

Donald Douglas
Jordan

Edward Earle
Broker

Frank Faylen
Galbreath

Walter Fenner
Man at Banquet

Eddie Gribbon
Cashier

Hale Hamilton
Broker

Sam Harris
Party Guest

Edward Hearn
Broker

Arthur Stuart Hull
Broker

Harry Humphrey
Broker

Edward Keane
Lecturer

Eve Kendall
Marion Estelle Edison

Milton Kibbee
Workman

Charles Lane
Second Lecturer

Edward LeSaint
Doctor

Wilfred Lucas
Broker

Tom Mahoney
Policeman

Eric Mayne
Party Guest

Ralph McCullough
Reporter

George Meader
Minister

Harold Minjir
Blair

Bruce Mitchell
Coachman

Hans Moebus
Party Guest

Edmund Mortimer
Party Guest

Forbes Murray
Broker

Louis Natheaux
Broker

Alex Novinsky
Party Guest

William H. O'Brien
Waiter

George Ovey
Lamplighter

Thomas Pogue
Minor Role

Alexander Pollard
Butler

Cyril Ring
Reporter

Count Stefenelli
Party Guest

Harry Strang
Minor Role

Charles Trowbridge
Clark

Emmett Vogan
Secretary

Charles Waldron
First Commissioner

Frank Whitbeck
Trailer Narrator (voice)

Joe Whitehead
Minor Role

Lloyd Whitlock
Broker

Robert Winkler
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