The Major and the Minor
Is she a kid - or is she kidding?
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$2500000
Runtime
100 min
Release Date
1942-09-16
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
138
Vote Average
7.033
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)
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