The Major and the Minor

Overview

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.

Directed by Billy Wilder

Top cast

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

B

Billy Dawson

Cadet Miller

L

Lela Rogers

Mrs. Applegate

Aldrich Bowker

Reverend Doyle

Boyd Irwin

Major Griscom

B

Byron Shores

Captain Durand

Richard Fiske

Will Duffy

Norma Varden

Mrs. Osborne

G

Gretl Dupont

Mrs. Shackleford

G

George Anderson

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

Conductor #1 (uncredited)

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