The Great Moment
1944 · 1h 23m · Comedy, Drama · United States of America
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.
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Preston Sturges6.0Smart score
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