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The Great Moment

Released: July 18, 1944 (1944)

Runtime: 83 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

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  • Arthur Hoyt as Presidential Secretary (uncredited)

    Age at release: 70

  • J. Farrell MacDonald as The Priest

    Age at release: 69

  • Franklyn Farnum as Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)

    Age at release: 66

  • Thurston Hall as Senator Borland

    Age at release: 62

  • Harry Hayden as Judge Shipman

    Age at release: 61

  • Torben Meyer as Dr. Dahlmeyer

    Age at release: 59

  • Victor Potel as First Dental Patient

    Age at release: 54

  • Hank Bell as Onlooker (uncredited)

    Age at release: 52

  • Roscoe Ates as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)

    Age at release: 49

  • Byron Foulger as Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited)

    Age at release: 45

  • Hank Worden as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)

    Age at release: 42

  • Donivee Lee as Betty Morton

    Age at release: Unknown