The Great Moment
Paramount's escapist laugh tonic! Hilarious as a whiff of laughing gas!
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
83 min
Release Date
1944-07-18
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
20
Vote Average
5.875
Joel McCrea
William Thomas Green Morton
Betty Field
Elizabeth Morton
Harry Carey
Professor John C. Warren
William Demarest
Eben Frost
Louis Jean Heydt
Dr. Horace Wells
Julius Tannen
Dr. Charles T. Jackson
Edwin Maxwell
Vice-President of Medical Society
Porter Hall
President Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pangborn
Dr. Heywood
Grady Sutton
Homer Quimby
Donivee Lee
Betty Morton
Harry Hayden
Judge Shipman
Torben Meyer
Dr. Dahlmeyer
Victor Potel
First Dental Patient
Thurston Hall
Senator Borland
J. Farrell MacDonald
The Priest
Roscoe Ates
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Onlooker (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Presidential Secretary (uncredited)
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