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The Great Moment

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

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The Great Moment — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • July 18, 1944
  • Runtime
  • 83 min
  • Genres
  • Comedy, Drama
  • Director
  • Preston Sturges

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The Great Moment — Cast

Joel McCrea photo Joel McCrea William Thomas Green Morton Betty Field photo Betty Field Elizabeth Morton Harry Carey photo Harry Carey Professor John C. Warren William Demarest photo William Demarest Eben Frost Louis Jean Heydt photo Louis Jean Heydt Dr. Horace Wells Julius Tannen photo Julius Tannen Dr. Charles T. Jackson Edwin Maxwell photo Edwin Maxwell Vice-President of Medical Society Porter Hall photo Porter Hall President Franklin Pierce

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