The Great Moment
“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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Cast
22 people
Joel McCrea
William Thomas Green Morton
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
Foreign Correspondent
Betty Field
Elizabeth Morton
Known for
Birdman of Alcatraz
Bus Stop
Harry Carey
Professor John C. Warren
Known for
Red River
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
William Demarest
Eben Frost
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
The Lady Eve
Louis Jean Heydt
Dr. Horace Wells
Known for
The Big Sleep
The Great McGinty
Julius Tannen
Dr. Charles T. Jackson
Known for
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Unfaithfully Yours
Edwin Maxwell
Vice-President of Medical Society
Known for
The Shop Around the Corner
Scarface
Porter Hall
President Franklin Pierce
Known for
Double Indemnity
Ace in the Hole
Franklin Pangborn
Dr. Heywood
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
Design for Living
Grady Sutton
Homer Quimby
Known for
The Bank Dick
Anchors Aweigh
Donivee Lee
Betty Morton
Harry Hayden
Judge Shipman
Known for
Hail the Conquering Hero
Carrie
Preston Sturges Director · René Fülöp-Miller Writer Victor Young Composer
United States release August 20, 1944 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 18, 1944
Theatrical · London
United States · August 20, 1944
Limited theatrical
United States
September 6, 1944 · Theatrical
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