Film

The Major and the Minor

1942 · 1h 40m · Comedy · Romance

Is she a kid - or is she kidding?

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

Metacritic

73

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.

Ginger Rogers

Susan Applegate

Ray Milland

Major Kirby

Rita Johnson

Pamela Hill

Robert Benchley

Mr. Osborne

Diana Lynn

Lucy Hill

Edward Fielding

Colonel Hill

Frankie Thomas

Cadet Osborne

Raymond Roe

Cadet Wigton

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

• Billy WilderDirector · Writer
• Charles BrackettWriter
• Arthur Hornblow Jr.Producer
• Leo ToverDirector of Photography
• Robert Emmett DolanOriginal Music Composer
• Doane HarrisonEditor

The Major and the Minor Original Trailer (Billy Wilder, 1942)

Release date

September 16, 1942

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Revenue

$2,500,000

Genres

Comedy, Romance

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