The Great Moment (1944)

The Great Moment (1944)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1944-07-18 United States of America 83 Min. PG-13
5.643 21 votes
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.

Cast

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

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