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The Major and the Minor

1942, comedy, love

100 minutes

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...

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Cast

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Susan Applegate

Ray Milland

Ray Milland

Philip Kirby

Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson

Pamela Hill

Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

Albert Osborne

Diana Lynn

Diana Lynn

Lucy Hill

Edward Fielding

Edward Fielding

Oliver Slater Hill

Frankie Thomas

Frankie Thomas

Cadet Osborne

Raymond Roe

Raymond Roe

Anthony Wigton Jr.

Charles Smith

Charles Smith

Cadet Korner

Larry Nunn

Cadet Babcock

Billy Dawson

Cadet Miller

Lela Rogers

Mrs. Applegate

Aldrich Bowker

Aldrich Bowker

Reverend Doyle

Boyd Irwin

Boyd Irwin

Major Griscom

Byron Shores

Captain Durand

Richard Fiske

Richard Fiske

Will Duffy

Norma Varden

Norma Varden

Mrs. Osborne

Gretl Dupont

Mrs. Shackleford

George Anderson

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

Stanley Andrews

Conductor #1 (uncredited)

Vangie Beilby

Woman in Train Station (uncredited)

Marie Blake

Marie Blake

Bertha (uncredited)

John Bogden

Cadet (uncredited)

Carl R. Botefuhr

Cadet (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Ralph Brooks

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Dick Chandlee

Cadet (uncredited)

Bill Clauson

Cadet (uncredited)

Ethel Clayton

Ethel Clayton

Ball Guest (uncredited)

James Conaty

Officer (uncredited)

Stanley Desmond

Cadet Shumaker (uncredited)

Tom Dugan

Tom Dugan

Con Man (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

Jay Eaton

Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)

Mary Field

Mary Field

Mother at Station (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

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

Dell Henderson

Doorman (uncredited)

Carlotta Jelm

Margie (uncredited)

Payne B. Johnson

Boy in Dancing Scene (uncredited)

Alice Keating

Nurse (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

Milton Kibbee

Station Agent (uncredited)

Stephen Kirchner

Cadet (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Carl M. Leviness

Man in Hallway (uncredited)

Jack Lindquist

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

William Newell

Ticket Agent #2 (uncredited)

Buster Nichols

Cadet (uncredited)

Billy O'Kelly

Cadet (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Emory Parnell

Conductor #2 (uncredited)

Edward Peil Sr.

Edward Peil Sr.

Stationmaster (uncredited)

Jim Pilcher

Cadet (uncredited)

Billy Ray

Cadet Summerville (uncredited)

Shirley Jean Rickert

Shirley Jean Rickert

College Girl (uncredited)

William Roy

Cadet (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Bert Stevens

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Archie Twitchell

Archie Twitchell

Cadet Sergeant (uncredited)

Gloria Williams

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Don Wilmot

Cadet (uncredited)

Will Wright

Will Wright

Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited)

Crew

Art

Hans Dreier

Art direction

Roland Anderson

Art direction

Bertram C. Granger

Set decoration

Camera

Ernest Laszlo

Camera operator

Costume and make-up

Edith Head

Edith Head

Costume design

Wally Westmore

Wally Westmore

Makeup artist

Directing

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

Director

Editing

Production

Sound

Robert Emmett Dolan

Original music composer

Harold Lewis

Sound recordist

Don Johnson

Sound recordist

Writing

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

Writer

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