The Great Moment (1944)
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.
- Released
- 1944-07-18
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Preston Sturges, Preston Sturges
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 from 24 votes
Cast
- Joel McCrea as William Thomas Green Morton
- Betty Field as Elizabeth Morton
- Harry Carey as Professor John C. Warren
- William Demarest as Eben Frost
- Louis Jean Heydt as Dr. Horace Wells
- Julius Tannen as Dr. Charles T. Jackson
- Edwin Maxwell as Vice-President of Medical Society
- Porter Hall as President Franklin Pierce
- Franklin Pangborn as Dr. Heywood
- Grady Sutton as Homer Quimby
- Donivee Lee as Betty Morton
- Harry Hayden as Judge Shipman