The Great Moment (1944)
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 1
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Critic Reviews: 2
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 0
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After producing, writing and directing one hit film after another, Preston Sturges finally misfired with the biopic The Great Moment. Sturges was always fascinated with the saga of W.T.G. Morton, the 19th century Boston dentist who, after inventing the first truly effective anesthesia, was forced to give up his proprietary interest in the invention and ended up dying in poverty and obscurity. Joel McCrea stars as Morton, a young oral surgeon determined to find a painless method for exracting
Jul 24, 1921 Wide
Nov 21, 2006
MCA Universal Home Video
Cast
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Joel McCrea
W.T.G. Morton -
Betty Field
Elizabeth Morton -
Harry Carey
Prof. Warren -
William Demarest
Eben Frost -
Franklin Pangborn
Dr. Heywood -
Louis Jean Heydt
Dr. Horace Wells -
Julius Tannen
Dr. Jackson -
Grady Sutton
Homer Quimby Early Pati... -
Edwin Maxwell
V.P. from Medical Socie... -
Porter Hall
Dr. Heywood -
Donivee Lee
Betty Morton -
Harry Hayden
Judge Shipman -
Torben Meyer
Dr. Dahlmeyer -
Victor Potel
Dental Patient -
Thurston Hall
Senator Borland -
John Farrell MacDonald
The Priest -
Robert Dudley
Cashier-Charles -
Sylvia Field
Young Mother -
Reginald Sheffield
Young Father -
Robert Greig
Morton's Butler -
Sheila Sheldon
Girl Facing Leg Operati... -
Harry Rosenthal
Mr. Chamberlain -
Frank Moran
Porter -
Sig Arno
Whackpot -
Roscoe Ates
Sign Painter -
Al Bridge
Mr. Stone -
Georgia Caine
Mrs. Whitman -
Chester Conklin
Frightened Patient -
Jimmy Conlin
Mr. Burnett -
Byron Foulger
Morton's Office Manager -
Arthur Stuart Hull
Mr. Whitman -
Esther Howard
Wells' Ugly Patient -
Arthur Hoyt
Presidential Secretary -
Emory Parnell
Gruber Glassware Shop O... -
Dewey Robinson
Colonel Lawson -
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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)
Recut by the studio and generally considered to be a failure, it's nevertheless an oddly moving film that sticks obstinately and agreeably in the mind.
Top CriticPerhaps scientific inspiration is not conventionally reverenced in this film. But, at least, Mr. Sturges has triumphed over stiffness in screen biography.
One of lesser known gems by master Preston Sturges.
Director Sturges, better known for his comedies, handles the drama and story well.
A very agreeable biopic that is both delightfully comical and insightfully touching.
An interesting failure of a movie.
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