The Major and the Minor (1942)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
Subs
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This Movie Is About.
trainΒ Β·Β
deceptionΒ Β·Β
romantic comedyΒ Β·Β
adult as a childΒ Β·Β
military officerΒ Β·Β
military academyΒ Β·Β
Cast & Crew.
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)
Charles Brackett
Writer
Doane Harrison
Editor
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Producer
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Edith Head
Costume Design
Roland Anderson
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 16, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingNR
Budget$2,500,000
Genres
Wiki.
The Major and the Minor is a 1942 American romantic comedy film starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland. It was the first American film directed by Billy Wilder. The screenplay credited to Wilder and Charles Brackett is "suggested by" the 1923 play Connie Goes Home by Edward Childs Carpenter, based on the 1921 Saturday Evening Post story "Sunny Goes Home" by Fannie Kilbourne.
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