The Great Moment

The Great Moment by Preston Sturges

5.80

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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Cast

Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea as William Thomas Green Morton

Betty Field

Betty Field as Elizabeth Morton

Harry Carey

Harry Carey as Professor John C. Warren

William Demarest

William Demarest as Eben Frost

Louis Jean Heydt

Louis Jean Heydt as Dr. Horace Wells

Julius Tannen

Julius Tannen as Dr. Charles T. Jackson

Edwin Maxwell

Edwin Maxwell as Vice-President of Medical Society

Porter Hall

Porter Hall as President Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pangborn

Franklin Pangborn as Dr. Heywood

Grady Sutton

Grady Sutton as Homer Quimby

Donivee Lee

Donivee Lee as Betty Morton

Harry Hayden

Harry Hayden as Judge Shipman

Torben Meyer

Torben Meyer as Dr. Dahlmeyer

Victor Potel

Victor Potel as First Dental Patient

Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall as Senator Borland

J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald as The Priest

Roscoe Ates

Roscoe Ates as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)

Hank Bell

Hank Bell as Onlooker (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum as Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger as Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited)

Hank Worden

Hank Worden as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

Arthur Hoyt as Presidential Secretary (uncredited)

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