Rent The Great Moment (1944)
3.2 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 18min
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- Synopsis:
- Film Director Preston Sturges applied his talents to a dramatic, but not without some humour, biography of an American dental surgeon, WTG Morton (Joel McCrea) who was one of the pioneers in the use of anaesthetics in dentistry, but who gained little reward for his endeavours. McCrea, by now a Sturges regular, again demonstrates the quality of his acting, which enabled him to remain at the top of his profession until well into the 1970s. The doctor's great contributions to humanity and later tribulations as he shares his knowledge rather than hording it for monetary reward, are laced with typical Preston Sturges humour and insight.
- Actors:
- Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Julius Tannen, Edwin Maxwell, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Grady Sutton, Donivee Lee, Harry Hayden, Torben Meyer, Victor Potel, Thurston Hall, J. Farrell MacDonald, George Anderson, Sig Arno, Roscoe Ates, Hank Bell
- Directors:
- Preston Sturges
- Producers:
- Preston Sturges
- Narrated By:
- Lou Marcelle
- Writers:
- René Fülöp-Miller, Preston Sturges
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- A History of US Presidents in Cinema
