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    The Great Moment

    83'

    1944-07-18

    5.9

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

    Comedy,Drama

    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.

    WritingRené Fülöp-MillerDirectingPreston Sturges

    Cast

    2

    William Thomas Green Morton

    Joel McCrea

    1

    Elizabeth Morton

    Betty Field

    1

    Professor John C. Warren

    Harry Carey

    1

    Eben Frost

    William Demarest

    1

    Dr. Horace Wells

    Louis Jean Heydt

    1

    Dr. Charles T. Jackson

    Julius Tannen

    1

    Vice-President of Medical Society

    Edwin Maxwell

    1

    President Franklin Pierce

    Porter Hall

    1

    Dr. Heywood

    Franklin Pangborn

    1

    Homer Quimby

    Grady Sutton

    1

    Betty Morton

    Donivee Lee

    1

    Judge Shipman

    Harry Hayden

    1

    Dr. Dahlmeyer

    Torben Meyer

    1

    First Dental Patient

    Victor Potel

    1

    Senator Borland

    Thurston Hall

    1

    The Priest

    J. Farrell MacDonald

    1

    Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)

    Roscoe Ates

    1

    Onlooker (uncredited)

    Hank Bell

    1

    Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)

    Franklyn Farnum

    1

    Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited)

    Byron Foulger

    1

    Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)

    Hank Worden

    1

    Presidential Secretary (uncredited)

    Arthur Hoyt

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Paramount Pictures
    • Vote Count: 24
    • Popularity: 0.5576
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:The Great Moment

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