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The Great Moment

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The Great Moment
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1hr 27min
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1944
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Synopsis: 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 teeth-which ... Full Synopsis
Featured Cast
W.T.G. Morton
Elizabeth Morton
Prof. Warren
Eben Frost
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