The Major and the Minor
Is she a kid - or is she kidding?
1942 | 100m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Billy Wilder |
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| Writer: | Edward Childs Carpenter, Fanny Kilbourne, Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 16, 1942 |
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| Director: | Billy Wilder |
| Writer: | Edward Childs Carpenter, Fanny Kilbourne, Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | deception, romcom, military officer, train, marriage engagement, military academy, adult as a child |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $2,500,000
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 (uncredited) |
| Stanley Andrews | Conductor #1 (uncredited) |
| Vangie Beilby | Woman in Train Station (uncredited) |
| Marie Blake | Bertha (uncredited) |
| John Bogden | Cadet (uncredited) |
| Carl R. Botefuhr | Cadet (uncredited) |
| Ralph Brooks | Train Passenger (uncredited) |
| Dick Chandlee | Cadet (uncredited) |
| Bill Clauson | Cadet (uncredited) |
| Ethel Clayton | Ball Guest (uncredited) |
| James Conaty | Officer (uncredited) |
| Stanley Desmond | Cadet Shumaker (uncredited) |
| Tom Dugan | Con Man (uncredited) |
| Jay Eaton | Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited) |
| Mary Field | Mother at Station (uncredited) |
| 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 | Doorman (uncredited) |
| Carlotta Jelm | Margie (uncredited) |
| Payne B. Johnson | Boy in Dancing Scene (uncredited) |
| Alice Keating | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Milton Kibbee | Station Agent (uncredited) |
| Stephen Kirchner | Cadet (uncredited) |
| Carl M. Leviness | Man in Hallway (uncredited) |
| 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 | Ticket Agent #2 (uncredited) |
| Buster Nichols | Cadet (uncredited) |
| Billy O'Kelly | Cadet (uncredited) |
| Emory Parnell | Conductor #2 (uncredited) |
| Edward Peil Sr. | Stationmaster (uncredited) |
| Jim Pilcher | Cadet (uncredited) |
| Billy Ray | Cadet Summerville (uncredited) |
| Shirley Jean Rickert | College Girl (uncredited) |
| William Roy | Cadet (uncredited) |
| Bert Stevens | Train Passenger (uncredited) |
| Archie Twitchell | Cadet Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Gloria Williams | Ball Guest (uncredited) |
| Don Wilmot | Cadet (uncredited) |
| Will Wright | Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Leo Tover | Director of Photography |
| Robert Emmett Dolan | Original Music Composer |
| Doane Harrison | Editor |
| Roland Anderson | Art Direction |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Edward Childs Carpenter | Original Story |
| Fanny Kilbourne | Original Story |
| Bertram C. Granger | Set Decoration |
| Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Don Johnson | Sound Recordist |
| Harold Lewis | Sound Recordist |
| Ernest Laszlo | Camera Operator |
| Billy Wilder | Writer, Director |
| Charles Brackett | Writer |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Arthur Hornblow Jr. | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 7 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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