Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

1940107 min6.8 / 10

A biographical drama celebrating Edison's ingenuity and perseverance, told with period warmth and an affirmation of American innovation and ambition.

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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