The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor

100 mins | Comedy, Romance | Sept. 16, 1942

Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town in Iowa. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by the conductors, she hides in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor who takes the "child" under his wing.

The Major and the Minor

100 mins | Comedy, Romance | Sept. 16, 1942

The Major and the Minor
Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town in Iowa. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by the conductors, she hides in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor who takes the "child" under his wing.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Paramount
Original title The Major and the Minor
Directors Billy Wilder
Writers Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder

Cast

Ginger Rogers

as Susan Applegate

Ray Milland

as Philip Kirby

Rita Johnson

as Pamela Hill

Robert Benchley

as Albert Osborne

Diana Lynn

as Lucy Hill

Edward Fielding

as Oliver Slater Hill

Frankie Thomas

as Cadet Osborne

Raymond Roe

as Anthony Wigton Jr.

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)