

The Great Moment
Paramount's escapist laugh tonic! Hilarious as a whiff of laughing gas!
Comedy
Drama
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1944-07-18
Runtime:
1h 23m
Director:
Preston Sturges
Writer:
Preston Sturges, René Fülöp-Miller
Top Cast

Joel McCrea
William Thomas Green Morton

Betty Field
Elizabeth Morton

Harry Carey
Professor John C. Warren

William Demarest
Eben Frost

Louis Jean Heydt
Dr. Horace Wells

Julius Tannen
Dr. Charles T. Jackson

Edwin Maxwell
Vice-President of Medical Society

Porter Hall
President Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pangborn
Dr. Heywood

Grady Sutton
Homer Quimby

Donivee Lee
Betty Morton

Harry Hayden
Judge Shipman
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