The Major and the Minor
136 reviews
Comedy/Romance
1h 40m
1942
Returning to her hometown from New York, Susan Applegate learns that she hasn't enough for the train fare and disguises herself as a twelve-year-old to travel for half the price....
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Returning to her hometown from New York, Susan Applegate learns that she hasn't enough for the train fare and disguises herself as a twelve-year-old to travel for half the price. She hides from the conductors in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor, who takes the "child" under his wing.
- DirectorBilly Wilder
- Release16 September 1942
- Genre
- Duration1h 40m
- Budget?
- Revenue$2,500,000
- Rate136 reviews
- Productions
Paramount Pictures
Cast

Ginger Rogers
Susan Applegate

Ray Milland
Philip Kirby

Rita Johnson
Pamela Hill

Robert Benchley
Albert Osborne

Diana Lynn
Lucy Hill

Edward Fielding
Oliver Slater Hill

Frankie Thomas
Cadet Osborne

Raymond Roe
Anthony Wigton Jr.

Charles Smith
Cadet Korner

Larry Nunn
Cadet Babcock

Aldrich Bowker
Reverend Doyle

Boyd Irwin
Major Griscom

Richard Fiske
Will Duffy

Norma Varden
Mrs. Osborne

Stanley Andrews
Conductor #1 (uncredited)

Marie Blake
Bertha (uncredited)

Ethel Clayton
Ball Guest (uncredited)

Tom Dugan
Con Man (uncredited)

Jay Eaton
Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)

Mary Field
Mother at Station (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Ball Guest (uncredited)

Sam Harris
Ball Guest (uncredited)

Dell Henderson
Doorman (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee
Station Agent (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness
Man in Hallway (uncredited)

Jack Lindquist
Cadet (uncredited)

Leota Lorraine
Ball Guest (uncredited)

Freddie Mercer
Wilbur (uncredited)

William Newell
Ticket Agent #2 (uncredited)

Emory Parnell
Conductor #2 (uncredited)

Edward Peil Sr.
Stationmaster (uncredited)

William Roy
Cadet (uncredited)

Bert Stevens
Train Passenger (uncredited)

Archie Twitchell
Cadet Sergeant (uncredited)

Will Wright
Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited)
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