The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor (1942)

Is she a kid - or is she kidding?

  • Genre: Comedy, Romance
  • Release Date: 1942-09-16
  • User Rating: 7.0/10 from 140 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Billy Wilder
star 7.0/10
From 140 Ratings

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Summary

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.

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  • Ginger Rogers

    as Susan Applegate

  • Ray Milland

    as Major Kirby

  • Rita Johnson

    as Pamela Hill

  • Robert Benchley

    as Mr. Osborne

  • Diana Lynn

    as Lucy Hill

  • Edward Fielding

    as Colonel Hill

  • Frankie Thomas

    as Cadet Osborne

  • Raymond Roe

    as Cadet Wigton

  • Charles Smith

    as Cadet Korner

  • Larry Nunn

    as Cadet Babcock

  • Billy Dawson

    as Cadet Miller

  • Lela Rogers

    as Mrs. Applegate

  • Aldrich Bowker

    as Reverend Doyle

  • Boyd Irwin

    as Major Griscom

  • Byron Shores

    as Captain Durand

  • Richard Fiske

    as Will Duffy

  • Norma Varden

    as Mrs. Osborne

  • Gretl Dupont

    as Mrs. Shackleford

  • George Anderson

    as Train Passenger (uncredited)

  • Stanley Andrews

    as Conductor #1 (uncredited)

  • Vangie Beilby

    as Woman in Train Station (uncredited)

  • Marie Blake

    as Bertha (uncredited)

  • John Bogden

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Carl R. Botefuhr

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Ralph Brooks

    as Train Passenger (uncredited)

  • Dick Chandlee

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Bill Clauson

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Ethel Clayton

    as Ball Guest (uncredited)

  • James Conaty

    as Officer (uncredited)

  • Stanley Desmond

    as Cadet Shumaker (uncredited)

  • Tom Dugan

    as Con Man (uncredited)

  • Jay Eaton

    as Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)

  • Mary Field

    as Mother at Station (uncredited)

  • Bess Flowers

    as Ball Guest (uncredited)

  • Ralph Gilliam

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Kenneth Grant

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Lynda Grey

    as Ball Guest (uncredited)

  • Bradley Hail

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Sam Harris

    as Ball Guest (uncredited)

  • Dell Henderson

    as Doorman (uncredited)

  • Carlotta Jelm

    as Margie (uncredited)

  • Payne B. Johnson

    as Boy in Dancing Scene (uncredited)

  • Alice Keating

    as Nurse (uncredited)

  • Milton Kibbee

    as Station Agent (uncredited)

  • Stephen Kirchner

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Carl M. Leviness

    as Man in Hallway (uncredited)

  • Jack Lindquist

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Leota Lorraine

    as Ball Guest (uncredited)

  • Ken Lundy

    as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

  • David McKim

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Freddie Mercer

    as Wilbur (uncredited)

  • Edmund Mortimer

    as Ball Guest (uncredited)

  • William Newell

    as Ticket Agent #2 (uncredited)

  • Buster Nichols

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Billy O'Kelly

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Emory Parnell

    as Conductor #2 (uncredited)

  • Edward Peil Sr.

    as Stationmaster (uncredited)

  • Jim Pilcher

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Billy Ray

    as Cadet Summerville (uncredited)

  • Shirley Jean Rickert

    as College Girl (uncredited)

  • William Roy

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Bert Stevens

    as Train Passenger (uncredited)

  • Archie Twitchell

    as Cadet Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Gloria Williams

    as Ball Guest (uncredited)

  • Don Wilmot

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • Will Wright

    as Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited)
Costume & Make-Up Edith Head Costume Design
Directing Billy Wilder Director
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Writing Charles Brackett Writer
Sound Robert Emmett Dolan Original Music Composer
Writing Billy Wilder Writer
Editing Doane Harrison Editor
Art Roland Anderson Art Direction
Production Arthur Hornblow Jr. Producer
Camera Leo Tover Director of Photography
Sound Harold Lewis Sound Recordist
Costume & Make-Up Wally Westmore Makeup Artist
Sound Don Johnson Sound Recordist
Writing Fanny Kilbourne Original Story
Writing Edward Childs Carpenter Theatre Play

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