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The Great Moment

The Great Moment

# 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1944-07-18
⌚ Running Time: 83 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.8

Beloved Cast

Joel McCrea original image
William Thomas Green Morton
Joel McCrea
Betty Field original image
Elizabeth Morton
Betty Field
Harry Carey original image
Professor John C. Warren
Harry Carey
William Demarest original image
Eben Frost
William Demarest
Louis Jean Heydt original image
Dr. Horace Wells
Louis Jean Heydt
Julius Tannen original image
Dr. Charles T. Jackson
Julius Tannen
Edwin Maxwell original image
Vice-President of Medical Society
Edwin Maxwell
Porter Hall original image
President Franklin Pierce
Porter Hall
Franklin Pangborn original image
Dr. Heywood
Franklin Pangborn
Grady Sutton original image
Homer Quimby
Grady Sutton
Donivee Lee original image
Betty Morton
Donivee Lee
Harry Hayden original image
Judge Shipman
Harry Hayden
Torben Meyer original image
Dr. Dahlmeyer
Torben Meyer
Victor Potel original image
First Dental Patient
Victor Potel
Thurston Hall original image
Senator Borland
Thurston Hall
J. Farrell MacDonald original image
The Priest
J. Farrell MacDonald
Roscoe Ates original image
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
Roscoe Ates
Hank Bell original image
Onlooker (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Franklyn Farnum original image
Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Byron Foulger original image
Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Hank Worden original image
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Arthur Hoyt original image
Presidential Secretary (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt

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