Edison, the Man

"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.

Release Date

May 10, 1940

Status

Released

Original Title

Edison, the Man

Runtime

1h 47min

Budget

Revenue

Language

English

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Part of

Edison Collection

Includes: Young Tom Edison, Edison, the Man