Discover
Sturges' account of W.T.G. Morton, the 19th century Boston dentist who discovered the anesthetic qualities of ether.
Original Release
07/18/1944
US Release
08/20/1944
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| 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 / Dr. Charles T. Jackson |
| Edwin Maxwell | Vice-President of Medical Society |
| Porter Hall | President Franklin Pierce |
| Franklin Pangborn | Dr. Heywood |
| Grady Sutton | Homer Quimby |
Directors
Writers
Preston Sturges, René Fülöp-Miller, Charles Brackett, Ernst Laemmle, W.L. River, Irwin Shaw, Waldo Twitchell
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| 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 / Dr. 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 |
| Sig Arno | Whackpot |
| Roscoe Ates | Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden |
| Hank Bell | Onlooker |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Buddy G. DeSylva | Executive Producer |
| Preston Sturges | Producer |
Editors
