The Great Moment (1944)
Paramount's escapist laugh tonic! Hilarious as a whiff of laughing gas!
1944 · NR · 1h 23m · Comedy, Drama
Genres: Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Preston Sturges
Writers: René Fülöp-Miller, Preston Sturges
Music by: Victor Young
Cinematography: Victor Milner
Editor: Stuart Gilmore
Cast
Joel McCrea as William Thomas Green MortonBetty Field as Elizabeth MortonHarry Carey as Professor John C. WarrenWilliam Demarest as Eben FrostLouis Jean Heydt as Dr. Horace WellsJulius Tannen as Dr. Charles T. JacksonEdwin Maxwell as Vice-President of Medical SocietyPorter Hall as President Franklin PierceFranklin Pangborn as Dr. HeywoodGrady Sutton as Homer QuimbyDonivee Lee as Betty MortonHarry Hayden as Judge ShipmanMore like this
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