Film Edison, the Man (Tytuł oryginalny Edison, the Man) ma w głównych rolach Spencer Tracy (Thomas A. Edison), Charles Coburn (General Powell), Gene Lockhart (Mr. Taggart), Henry Travers (Ben Els), Felix Bressart (Michael Simon), Byron Foulger (Edwin Hall), Arthur Aylesworth (Bigelow), Gene Reynolds (Jimmy Price), Addison Richards (Mr. Johnson), Grant Mitchell (Snade), Erville Alderson (First Lecturer), Hooper Atchley (Broker), Billy Bletcher (Reporter), Harlan Briggs (Bisbee), John Dilson (Broker), Donald Douglas (Jordan), Edward Earle (Broker), Frank Faylen (Galbreath), Edward Hearn (Broker), Arthur Stuart Hull (Broker), Edward Keane (Lecturer), Charles Lane (Second Lecturer), Wilfred Lucas (Broker), Eric Mayne (Party Guest), George Meader (Minister), Forbes Murray (Broker), Louis Natheaux (Broker), William H. O'Brien (Waiter), Cyril Ring (Reporter), Harry Strang (Minor Role), Charles Trowbridge (Clark), Lloyd Whitlock (Broker) Data premiery filmu to 10.05.1940. Film, w ramach którego jest produkowany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . Nakręcony w następujących lokalizacjach: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA . Kraje produkcyjne: United States of America Gatunek filmu: Kino Historyczny, Kino Dramat