The Great Moment
“Paramount's escapist laugh tonic! Hilarious as a whiff of laughing gas!”
1944 · 1 h 23 min
Directed by 
Preston Sturges
Preston SturgesCast
Cast not recorded here
Plot
The biography of William Morton, the dentist who discovered anesthesia, in a mix of comedy and drama.
Sinekatalog’s take
Preston Sturges's biographical drama, with Joel McCrea and Betty Field, was cut by the studio and is uneven but interesting.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (1,167 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.