The Major and the Minor backdrop

The Major and the Minor 1942 Directed by Billy Wilder

Is she a kid - or is she kidding?

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Comedy , Romance
Production Company Paramount Pictures
Revenue $2,500,000
Release Date 16 September 1942
100 mins
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
Billy Dawson Cadet Miller
Lela Rogers Mrs. Applegate
Aldrich Bowker Reverend Doyle
Boyd Irwin Major Griscom
Byron Shores Captain Durand
Richard Fiske Will Duffy
Norma Varden Mrs. Osborne
Gretl Dupont Mrs. Shackleford
George Anderson Train Passenger (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews Conductor #1 (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby Woman in Train Station (uncredited)
Marie Blake Bertha (uncredited)
John Bogden Cadet (uncredited)
Carl R. Botefuhr Cadet (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks Train Passenger (uncredited)
Dick Chandlee Cadet (uncredited)
Bill Clauson Cadet (uncredited)
Ethel Clayton Ball Guest (uncredited)
James Conaty Officer (uncredited)
Stanley Desmond Cadet Shumaker (uncredited)
Tom Dugan Con Man (uncredited)
Jay Eaton Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)
Mary Field Mother at Station (uncredited)
Bess Flowers Ball Guest (uncredited)
Ralph Gilliam Cadet (uncredited)
Kenneth Grant Cadet (uncredited)
Lynda Grey Ball Guest (uncredited)
Bradley Hail Cadet (uncredited)
Sam Harris Ball Guest (uncredited)
Dell Henderson Doorman (uncredited)
Carlotta Jelm Margie (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson Boy in Dancing Scene (uncredited)
Alice Keating Nurse (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee Station Agent (uncredited)
Stephen Kirchner Cadet (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness Man in Hallway (uncredited)
Jack Lindquist Cadet (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine Ball Guest (uncredited)
Ken Lundy Elevator Boy (uncredited)
David McKim Cadet (uncredited)
Freddie Mercer Wilbur (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer Ball Guest (uncredited)
William Newell Ticket Agent #2 (uncredited)
Buster Nichols Cadet (uncredited)
Billy O'Kelly Cadet (uncredited)
Emory Parnell Conductor #2 (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr. Stationmaster (uncredited)
Jim Pilcher Cadet (uncredited)
Billy Ray Cadet Summerville (uncredited)
Shirley Jean Rickert College Girl (uncredited)
William Roy Cadet (uncredited)
Bert Stevens Train Passenger (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell Cadet Sergeant (uncredited)
Gloria Williams Ball Guest (uncredited)
Don Wilmot Cadet (uncredited)
Will Wright Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited)
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