The Major and the Minor
The Major and the Minor
Release: 1942-09-16
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 7.1
Comedy
Romance
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 Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
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
Aldrich Bowker
as Reverend Doyle
Boyd Irwin
as Major Griscom
Richard Fiske
as Will Duffy
Norma Varden
as Mrs. Osborne
Stanley Andrews
as Conductor #1 (uncredited)
Marie Blake
as Bertha (uncredited)
Ethel Clayton
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Tom Dugan
as Con Man (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
as Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Dell Henderson
as Doorman (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
as Station Agent (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
as Man in Hallway (uncredited)
Jack Lindquist
as Cadet (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Freddie Mercer
as Wilbur (uncredited)
William Newell
as Ticket Agent #2 (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
as Conductor #2 (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
William Roy
as Cadet (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
as Cadet Sergeant (uncredited)
Will Wright
as Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited)