The Major and the Minor (1942)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $2,500,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.75 |
Directed By
Billy Wilder
Crew
Doane Harrison
Hans Dreier
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
Charles Brackett
Edith Head
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Roland Anderson
Robert Emmett Dolan
Leo Tover
Don Johnson
Ernest Laszlo
Bertram C. Granger
Harold Lewis
Edward Childs Carpenter
Charles C. Coleman
Wally Westmore
Fanny Kilbourne
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.
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
Stanley Andrews
Conductor #1
Vangie Beilby
Woman in Train Station
Marie Blake
Bertha
John Bogden
Cadet
Carl R. Botefuhr
Cadet
Ralph Brooks
Train Passenger
Dick Chandlee
Cadet
Bill Clauson
Cadet
Ethel Clayton
Ball Guest
James Conaty
Officer
Stanley Desmond
Cadet Shumaker
Tom Dugan
Con Man
Jay Eaton
Man Leaving Elevator
Mary Field
Mother at Station
Bess Flowers
Ball Guest
Ralph Gilliam
Cadet
Kenneth Grant
Cadet
Lynda Grey
Ball Guest
Bradley Hail
Cadet
Sam Harris
Ball Guest
Dell Henderson
Doorman
Carlotta Jelm
Margie
Payne B. Johnson
Boy in Dancing Scene
Alice Keating
Nurse
Milton Kibbee
Station Agent
Stephen Kirchner
Cadet
Carl M. Leviness
Man in Hallway
Jack Lindquist
Cadet
Leota Lorraine
Ball Guest
Ken Lundy
Elevator Boy
David McKim
Cadet
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