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The Great Moment
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The Great Moment

1944· Released5.6/ 10
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.

Ratings

TMDB
5.6/10

21 votes

IMDbRTMetacriticLetterboxd

Director

Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges

Director

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

Donivee Lee

Betty Morton

Harry Hayden

Harry Hayden

Judge Shipman

Torben Meyer

Torben Meyer

Dr. Dahlmeyer

Victor Potel

Victor Potel

First Dental Patient

Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall

Senator Borland

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