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The Great Moment (1944)
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"Paramount's escapist laugh tonic! Hilarious as a whiff of laughing gas!"
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58
NR
1 hr 23 min
Sep 6th, 1944
Drama
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Comedy
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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.
Starring
Joel McCrea
Betty Field
Harry Carey
Director
Preston Sturges
Writer
René Fülöp-Miller
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Theatrical Release:
September 6th, 1944
Original Language:
English
Executive Producers:
Buddy G. DeSylva
Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures
Movie Tags:
biography
boston, massachusetts
dentist
Cast & Crew
J
Joel McCrea
as William Thomas Green Morton
B
Betty Field
as Elizabeth Morton
H
Harry Carey
as Professor John C. Warren
W
William Demarest
as Eben Frost
L
Louis Jean Heydt
as Dr. Horace Wells
J
Julius Tannen
as Dr. Charles T. Jackson
P
Preston Sturges
Director
P
Preston Sturges
Screenplay
R
René Fülöp-Miller
Writer
B
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
V
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
S
Stuart Gilmore
Editor
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