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.

Creators and cast

Directors

Preston Sturges

Producers

Buddy G. DeSylva

Cast

Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Julius Tannen

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Maturity rating

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