The Great Moment

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

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