The Great Moment

The Great Moment
1944
★★★☆☆ 5.6/10
⏱️ 83 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
ComedyDrama
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.

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

Crew

Director
Preston Sturges
Writer
René Fülöp-Miller, Preston Sturges
Producer
Buddy G. DeSylva

Production

Paramount Pictures

Keywords

boston, massachusettsbiographydentist