The Major and the Minor
Movie
Type
1942
Year
1h 40m
Runtime
★ 6.9
Rating
Comedy / Romance
Genre
Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and 25 jobs, decides to return to her home town. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a 12-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by the conductors, she hides in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor who takes the "child" under his wing.
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Cast

Ginger Rogers
Susan Applegate

Ray Milland
Major Kirby

Rita Johnson
Pamela Hill

Robert Benchley
Mr. Osborne

Diana Lynn
Lucy Hill

Frankie Thomas
Cadet Osborne

Raymond Roe
Cadet Wigton

Norma Varden
Mrs. Osborne
Lela Rogers
Mrs. Applegate

Charles Smith
First cadet manning switchboard

Larry Nunn
Cadet Babcock
Billy Dawson
Cadet Miller