CinemaOSMovie · 1944 · 1h 23m · NR
The Great Moment

Paramount's escapist laugh tonic! Hilarious as a whiff of laughing gas!

59%(24)IMDbComedyDrama

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.

Directed byPreston Sturges

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 23m
Language
EN
Released
July 18, 1944
Studios
Paramount Pictures

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges
Written by
René Fülöp-Miller
Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges

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