The Great Moment
The Great Moment

The Great Moment

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

5.683 min
ComedyDrama

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.

Movie Info

Release Date: 7/18/1944

Runtime: 83 min

Director: Preston Sturges

Writers: Preston Sturges

Top Cast

Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

William Thomas Green Morton

Betty Field

Betty Field

Elizabeth Morton

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

Professor John C. Warren

William Demarest

William Demarest

Eben Frost

Louis Jean Heydt

Louis Jean Heydt

Dr. Horace Wells

Julius Tannen

Julius Tannen

Dr. Charles T. Jackson

Edwin Maxwell

Edwin Maxwell

Vice-President of Medical Society

Porter Hall

Porter Hall

President Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pangborn

Franklin Pangborn

Dr. Heywood

Grady Sutton

Grady Sutton

Homer Quimby

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