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The Great Moment (1944)
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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Preston Sturges
Writing:
- Preston Sturges
- René Fülöp-Miller
Stars:
Release Date: 1944-07-18
5.8/10
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- Country: US
- Language: English
- Runtime: 83
Vice-President of Medical Society
Eben Frost
Dr. Horace Wells
Professor John C. Warren
Elizabeth Morton
William Thomas Green Morton
Dr. Heywood
President Franklin Pierce
Dr. Charles T. Jackson
Homer Quimby
Judge Shipman
Dr. Dahlmeyer
First Dental Patient
Senator Borland
The Priest
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
Onlooker (uncredited)
Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited)
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
Presidential Secretary (uncredited)
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