The Great Moment

Name: The Great Moment
Director: Preston Sturges
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1944-07-18
Duration: 83 min
Cast: Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt

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1944 · 83 min · NR · Comedy · Drama · TMDB 5.9/10

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.

Directed by Preston Sturges

Cast

Joel McCrea — William Thomas Green Morton
Betty Field — Elizabeth Morton
Harry Carey — Professor John C. Warren
William Demarest — Eben Frost
Louis Jean Heydt — Dr. Horace Wells