Movie Description
The Great Moment
(1944)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Preston Sturges
- Writer : René Fülöp-Miller
- Editor : Stuart Gilmore
- Cast : Joel McCrea,Betty Field,Harry Carey,William Demarest,Louis Jean Heydt,Julius Tannen,Edwin Maxwell,Porter Hall,Franklin Pangborn,Grady Sutton,Donivee Lee,Harry Hayden,Torben Meyer,Victor Potel,Thurston Hall,J. Farrell MacDonald,Roscoe Ates,Hank Bell,Franklyn Farnum,Byron Foulger,Hank Worden,Arthur Hoyt
Cast
William Thomas Green Morton
Elizabeth Morton
Professor John C. Warren
Eben Frost
Dr. Horace Wells
Dr. Charles T. Jackson
Vice-President of Medical Society
President Franklin Pierce
Dr. Heywood
Homer Quimby
Betty Morton
Judge Shipman
Dr. Dahlmeyer
First Dental Patient
Senator Borland
The Priest
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
Onlooker (uncredited)
Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited)
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
Presidential Secretary (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Great Moment
Status Released
Release Information
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1944-07-18
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 23m
Production CompaniesParamount Pictures
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
