The Great Moment

The Great Moment

NR1944•83 min

4KHDRCC

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.

Audience Score:

5.9

Directed by:Preston Sturges

Theatrical release poster for the film The Great Moment

The 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

Franklin Pangborn photo

Franklin Pangborn

Dr. Heywood

Grady Sutton photo

Grady Sutton

Homer Quimby

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