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The Great Moment (1944)

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

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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.

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Cast

  • 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
  • Donivee Lee Betty Morton
  • Harry Hayden Harry Hayden Judge Shipman
  • Torben Meyer Torben Meyer Dr. Dahlmeyer
  • Victor Potel Victor Potel First Dental Patient
  • Thurston Hall Thurston Hall Senator Borland
  • J. Farrell MacDonald J. Farrell MacDonald The Priest
  • Roscoe Ates Roscoe Ates Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
  • Hank Bell Hank Bell Onlooker (uncredited)