The Great Moment (1944)

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

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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	Joel McCrea	As: William Thomas Green Morton
	Betty Field	As: Elizabeth Morton
	Harry Carey	As: Professor John C. Warren
	William Demarest	As: Eben Frost
	Louis Jean Heydt	As: Dr. Horace Wells

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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.

Tagline:	Paramount's escapist laugh tonic! Hilarious as a whiff of laughing gas!
Certification:	NR

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Genres: Comedy, Drama

Language: English

Release Date: 18 July 1944

Country: US

Runtime: 83m

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Company: Paramount Pictures

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Cast

	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)