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The Great Moment
Directed by
Preston Sturges
Not Rated
1944
83m
Comedy
,
Drama
,
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6.2
67%
30%
5.8
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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.
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Cast of The Great Moment
Joel McCrea
William Thomas Green Morton
Betty Field
Elizabeth Morton
Harry Carey
Professor John C. Warren
William Demarest
Eben Frost
Louis Jean Heydt
Dr. Horace Wells
Julius Tannen
Dr. Charles T. Jackson
Edwin Maxwell
Vice-President of Medical Society
Porter Hall
President Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pangborn
Dr. Heywood
Grady Sutton
Homer Quimby
Donivee Lee
Betty Morton
Harry Hayden
Judge Shipman
Torben Meyer
Dr. Dahlmeyer
Victor Potel
First Dental Patient
Thurston Hall
Senator Borland
J. Farrell MacDonald
The Priest
Roscoe Ates
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Onlooker (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited)
The Great Moment Ratings & Reviews
Video Librarian Magazine
Kathy Fennessy
The Great Moment is worth seeing for the engaging story and lively performances.
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
The script's complex flashback structure was jettisoned for a simpler but unsatisfying edit that made the serious-minded story feel underdeveloped.
LIFE
Robert E. Sherwood
The wise magnates, as usual, will proceed to wonder why they are losing money, and why patriotic American audiences are so eager to patronize German-made movies.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Steve Crum
One of lesser known gems by master Preston Sturges.
TV Guide
Director Sturges, better known for his comedies, handles the drama and story well.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A very agreeable biopic that is both delightfully comical and insightfully touching.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
Perhaps scientific inspiration is not conventionally reverenced in this film. But, at least, Mr. Sturges has triumphed over stiffness in screen biography.
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