The Great Moment (1944)

  • NR
  • 08/20/1944 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 23m

Paramount's escapist laugh tonic! Hilarious as a whiff of laughing gas!

Overview

The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.

Preston Sturges

Screenplay, Director

René Fülöp-Miller

Writer

Cast

Joel McCrea's headshot

Joel McCrea

William Thomas Green Morton
Betty Field's headshot

Betty Field

Elizabeth Morton
Harry Carey's headshot

Harry Carey

Professor John C. Warren
William Demarest's headshot

William Demarest

Eben Frost
Louis Jean Heydt's headshot

Louis Jean Heydt

Dr. Horace Wells
Julius Tannen's headshot

Julius Tannen

Dr. Charles T. Jackson
Edwin Maxwell's headshot

Edwin Maxwell

Vice-President of Medical Society
Porter Hall's headshot

Porter Hall

President Franklin Pierce

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