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The Great Moment

The Great Moment (1944)

1h 23m | PG-13

⭐ 5.8 / 10

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.

Director: Preston Sturges

Studio: Paramount Pictures

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

as William Thomas Green Morton

Betty Field

Betty Field

as Elizabeth Morton

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

as Professor John C. Warren

William Demarest

William Demarest

as Eben Frost

Louis Jean Heydt

Louis Jean Heydt

as Dr. Horace Wells

Julius Tannen

Julius Tannen

as Dr. Charles T. Jackson