The Major and the Minor
1942Returning 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.
Acted in
Ginger Rogers
as Susan Applegate
Ray Milland
as Philip Kirby
Rita Johnson
as Pamela Hill
Robert Benchley
as Albert Osborne
Diana Lynn
as Lucy Hill
Edward Fielding
as Oliver Slater Hill
Frankie Thomas
as Cadet Osborne
Raymond Roe
as Anthony Wigton Jr.
Charles Smith
as Cadet Korner
Larry Nunn
as Cadet Babcock
Billy Dawson
as Cadet Miller
Lela Rogers
as Mrs. Applegate
Aldrich Bowker
as Reverend Doyle
Boyd Irwin
as Major Griscom
Byron Shores
as Captain Durand
Richard Fiske
as Will Duffy
Norma Varden
as Mrs. Osborne
Gretl Dupont
as Mrs. Shackleford
George Anderson
as Train Passenger
Stanley Andrews
as Conductor #1
Vangie Beilby
as Woman in Train Station
Marie Blake
as Bertha
John Bogden
as Cadet
Carl R. Botefuhr
as Cadet
Ralph Brooks
as Train Passenger
Dick Chandlee
as Cadet
Bill Clauson
as Cadet
Ethel Clayton
as Ball Guest
James Conaty
as Officer
Stanley Desmond
as Cadet Shumaker
Tom Dugan
as Con Man
Jay Eaton
as Man Leaving Elevator
Mary Field
as Mother at Station
Bess Flowers
as Ball Guest
Ralph Gilliam
as Cadet
Kenneth Grant
as Cadet
Lynda Grey
as Ball Guest
Bradley Hail
as Cadet
Sam Harris
as Ball Guest
Dell Henderson
as Doorman
Carlotta Jelm
as Margie
Payne B. Johnson
as Boy in Dancing Scene
Alice Keating
as Nurse
Milton Kibbee
as Station Agent
Stephen Kirchner
as Cadet
Carl M. Leviness
as Man in Hallway
Jack Lindquist
as Cadet
Leota Lorraine
as Ball Guest
Ken Lundy
as Elevator Boy
David McKim
as Cadet
Freddie Mercer
as Wilbur
Edmund Mortimer
as Ball Guest
William Newell
as Ticket Agent #2
Buster Nichols
as Cadet
Billy O'Kelly
as Cadet
Emory Parnell
as Conductor #2
Edward Peil Sr.
as Stationmaster
Jim Pilcher
as Cadet
Billy Ray
as Cadet Summerville
Shirley Jean Rickert
as College Girl
William Roy
as Cadet
Bert Stevens
as Train Passenger
Archie Twitchell
as Cadet Sergeant
Gloria Williams
as Ball Guest
Don Wilmot
as Cadet
Will Wright
as Ticket Agent #1