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Preston SturgesKamera:
Victor MilnerMusik:
Victor YoungBesetzung:
Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Harry Hayden, Thurston Hall (mehr)Inhalte(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. (Verleiher-Text)
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Preston Sturges apparently had a gift for quite good comedies, which have interesting topics. In this case, even historical ones, as it tells the story of a significant discovery in the field of medicine. This discovery is used to create entertaining moments. However, the film is not explicitly disarming.
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