The Great Moment (1944) | Full Cast

Preston Sturges

DIRECTOR

Joel McCrea

William Thomas Green Morton

Betty Field

Elizabeth Morton

Harry Carey

Professor John C. Warren

William Demarest

Eben Frost

Louis Jean Heydt

Dr. Horace Wells

Julius Tannen

Professor Charles T. Jackson

Edwin Maxwell

Vice-President of Medical Society

Porter Hall

President Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pangborn

Dr. Heywood

Grady Sutton

Homer Quimby

Donivee Lee

Betty Morton

Harry Hayden

Judge Shipman

Torben Meyer

Dr. Dahlmeyer

Victor Potel

First Dental Patient

Thurston Hall

Senator Borland

J. Farrell MacDonald

The Priest

George Anderson

Frederick T. Johnson (uncredited)

Sig Arno

Whackpot (uncredited)

Roscoe Ates

Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)

Hank Bell

Onlooker (uncredited)

Wilson Benge

Jackson's Butler (uncredited)

Al Bridge

Mr. Stone (uncredited)

Georgia Caine

Mrs. Whitman (uncredited)

Horace B. Carpenter

Courtroom Dissenter (uncredited)

Janet Chapman

Morton's Daughter (uncredited)

Kenneth Chryst

Unknown Reporter (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Frightened Patient (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Janitor (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

Mr. Burnett, Pharmacist (uncredited)

Laurie Douglas

Artist (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

Charles - Morton's Cashier (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)

Sylvia Field

Young Mother (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited)

Robert Frandsen

Mr. Abbott, Surgical Patient (uncredited)

Jack George

Band Leader (uncredited)

Robert Greig

Roberts, Morton's Butler (uncredited)

Alfred Hall

Mr. Smith (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Anesthesia Demonstration Spectator (uncredited)

Esther Howard

Dr. Wells' Patient (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

Presidential Secretary (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull

Mr. Whitman (uncredited)

Sheldon Jett

Patient with Swollen Jaw (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Anesthesia Demonstration Spectator (uncredited)

Donnie Kerr

Little Boy (uncredited)

Joe King

Senator from Georgia (uncredited)

Lou Marcelle

Trailer Narrator (uncredited) (voice)

Tom McGuire

Dr. Warren's Assistant Surgeon (uncredited)

George Melford

Dr. Hayden (uncredited)

Esther Michelson

Dental Patient (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Man in Courtroom (uncredited)

Tricia Moore

Morton's Daughter when older (uncredited)

Frank Moran

John, Hospital Porter (uncredited)

Paul Newlan

Policeman (uncredited)

Ed O'Neill

Secretary (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Mr. Gruber (uncredited)

Keith Richards

Newspaper Artist (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

Colonel Lawson (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

New York Herald Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Rosenthal

Mr. Chamberlain (uncredited)

Billy Sheffield

Morton's Son (uncredited)

Reginald Sheffield

Horace Greeley (uncredited)

Sheila Sheldon

Surgical Patient (Leg Operation) (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

Mr. Gruber's Clerk (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

Man at Bar (uncredited)

Harry Tyler

Reporter (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Bartender at Costello's (uncredited)

Hank Worden

Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)