Directed by:
Preston SturgesCinematography:
Victor MilnerComposer:
Victor YoungCast:
Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Harry Hayden, Thurston Hall, J. Farrell MacDonald (more)Plots(1)
In a departure from the social satires he's best known for, director Preston Sturges turned to the biopic for this tale about the man who invented anesthesia, Boston dentist W.T.G. Morton (Joel McCrea). When Morton discovers that a cleaning fluid (sulphuric ether) can render tooth extractions painless, he can't keep the news to himself. But with the secret out, his chance for riches vanishes. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Joel McCrea
USA
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Betty Field
USA
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Harry Carey
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William Demarest
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Louis Jean Heydt
USA
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Porter Hall
USA
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Franklin Pangborn
USA
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Harry Hayden
Canada
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Thurston Hall
USA
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J. Farrell MacDonald
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Sig Arno
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Roscoe Ates
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Chester Conklin
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Hank Worden
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Emory Parnell
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Byron Foulger
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Kenner G. Kemp
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Henry Roquemore
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Sam Harris
Australia
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Harold Miller
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