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Edison, the Man (1940) USA / 107 min
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Genre: Biography / Drama /  more »
Awards: Nominated for Oscar.  more »
User Ratings: 7.2 (486 votes)  more »
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Summary: In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting...  more »
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Filmmakers: Clarence Brown - Director, Hugo Butler - Writer (story), Bradbury Foote - Writer (writer), Talbot Jennings - Writer (writer), Dore Schary - Writer (story), John W. Considine Jr. - Producer, Harold Rosson - Cinematographer, Herbert Stothart - Composer, Fredrick Y. Smith - Editor  more »
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 Spencer Tracy ... Thomas A. Edison 2,510 
Rita Johnson ... Mary Stillwell 31,848 
Lynne Overman ... James J. Cavatt 77,286 
Charles Coburn ... General Powell 14,606 

 Gene Lockhart ... Mr. Taggart 2,897 
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