1942
7.0 (136 votes)
1h 40m
Genres
Comedy
Romance
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
The Major and the Minor
Is she a kid - or is she kidding?
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett
Director: Billy Wilder
Producer: Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Director of Photography: Leo Tover
Top 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.
Videos
The Major and the Minor Original Trailer (Billy Wilder, 1942)
