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The Major and the Minor

1942-09-161h 40mComedy / Romance7.1/10TMDB · 151 votes

Low on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay half fare home. But little 'Sue Sue' finds herself in a whole heap of grownup trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Philip Kirby.

“Is she a kid - or is she kidding?”

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Directed byBilly Wilder

Original languageEnglish

Original release1942-09-16

ProductionUnited States of America

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Ginger RogersSusan Applegate

Ray MillandMajor Kirby

Rita JohnsonPamela Hill

Robert BenchleyMr. Osborne

Diana LynnLucy Hill

Edward FieldingColonel Hill

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Frankie ThomasCadet Osborne Raymond RoeCadet Wigton Charles SmithCadet Korner Larry NunnCadet Babcock Billy DawsonCadet Miller Lela RogersMrs. Applegate Aldrich BowkerReverend Doyle Boyd IrwinMajor Griscom Byron ShoresCaptain Durand Richard FiskeWill Duffy Norma VardenMrs. Osborne Gretl DupontMrs. Shackleford George AndersonTrain Passenger (uncredited)Stanley AndrewsConductor #1 (uncredited)Vangie BeilbyWoman in Train Station (uncredited)Marie BlakeBertha (uncredited)John BogdenCadet (uncredited)Carl R. BotefuhrCadet (uncredited)Ralph BrooksTrain Passenger (uncredited)Dick ChandleeCadet (uncredited)Bill ClausonCadet (uncredited)Ethel ClaytonBall Guest (uncredited)James ConatyOfficer (uncredited)Stanley DesmondCadet Shumaker (uncredited)Tom DuganCon Man (uncredited)Jay EatonMan Leaving Elevator (uncredited)Mary FieldMother at Station (uncredited)Bess FlowersBall Guest (uncredited)Ralph GilliamCadet (uncredited)Kenneth GrantCadet (uncredited)Lynda GreyBall Guest (uncredited)Bradley HailCadet (uncredited)Sam HarrisBall Guest (uncredited)Dell HendersonDoorman (uncredited)Carlotta JelmMargie (uncredited)Payne B. JohnsonBoy in Dancing Scene (uncredited)Alice KeatingNurse (uncredited)Milton KibbeeStation Agent (uncredited)Stephen KirchnerCadet (uncredited)Carl M. LevinessMan in Hallway (uncredited)Jack LindquistCadet (uncredited)Leota LorraineBall Guest (uncredited)Ken LundyElevator Boy (uncredited)David McKimCadet (uncredited)Freddie MercerWilbur (uncredited)Edmund MortimerBall Guest (uncredited)William NewellTicket Agent #2 (uncredited)Buster NicholsCadet (uncredited)Billy O'KellyCadet (uncredited)Emory ParnellConductor #2 (uncredited)Edward Peil Sr.Stationmaster (uncredited)Jim PilcherCadet (uncredited)Billy RayCadet Summerville (uncredited)Shirley Jean RickertCollege Girl (uncredited)William RoyCadet (uncredited)Bert StevensTrain Passenger (uncredited)Archie TwitchellCadet Sergeant (uncredited)Gloria WilliamsBall Guest (uncredited)Don WilmotCadet (uncredited)Will WrightTicket Agent #1 (uncredited)

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