The read
It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
24 audience votes
Key crew
- Preston SturgesScreenplay
- René Fülöp-MillerWriter
- Preston SturgesDirector
- Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joel McCreaWilliam Thomas Green Morton
- Betty FieldElizabeth Morton
- Harry CareyProfessor John C. Warren
- William DemarestEben Frost
- Louis Jean HeydtDr. Horace Wells
- Julius TannenDr. Charles T. Jackson
- Edwin MaxwellVice-President of Medical Society
- Porter HallPresident Franklin Pierce
- Franklin PangbornDr. Heywood
- Grady SuttonHomer Quimby
- Donivee LeeBetty Morton
- Harry HaydenJudge Shipman