The Great Moment (1944)

Directors

Preston Sturges

Cast

Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Edwin Maxwell

The story

Eben Frost is seen heading through the snow to the farmhouse of William Morton's aging widow Lizzie. On the way he stops at a pawn shop and redeems a medal once awarded to Morton inscribed: "To the benefactor of mankind. With the gratitude of humanity." At the Morton home, Lizzie reminisces to Frost about her late husband and their life together.

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