The Major and the Minor [39871] Released: 1942-09-16 Revenue: $2,500,000 Budget: $0 Profit: $2,500,000 Runtime: 100 mins Popularity: 0.9274 Vote Average: 7 Vote Count: 137 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. Cast [66] Ginger RogersSusan Applegate Ray MillandPhilip Kirby Rita JohnsonPamela Hill Robert BenchleyAlbert Osborne Diana LynnLucy Hill Edward FieldingOliver Slater Hill Frankie ThomasCadet Osborne Raymond RoeAnthony Wigton Jr. Charles SmithCadet Korner Larry NunnCadet Babcock Billy DawsonCadet Miller Lela RogersMrs. Applegate Aldrich BowkerReverend Doyle Boyd IrwinMajor Griscom Byron ShoresCaptain Durand Richard FiskeWill Duffy Norma VardenMrs. Osborne Gretl DupontMrs. Shackleford George AndersonTrain Passenger Stanley AndrewsConductor #1 Vangie BeilbyWoman in Train Stati Marie BlakeBertha John BogdenCadet Carl R. BotefuhrCadet Ralph BrooksTrain Passenger Dick ChandleeCadet Bill ClausonCadet Ethel ClaytonBall Guest James ConatyOfficer Stanley DesmondCadet Shumaker Tom DuganCon Man Jay EatonMan Leaving Elevator Mary FieldMother at Station Bess FlowersBall Guest Ralph GilliamCadet Kenneth GrantCadet Lynda GreyBall Guest Bradley HailCadet Sam HarrisBall Guest Dell HendersonDoorman Carlotta JelmMargie Payne B. JohnsonBoy in Dancing Scene Alice KeatingNurse Milton KibbeeStation Agent Stephen KirchnerCadet Carl M. LevinessMan in Hallway Jack LindquistCadet Leota LorraineBall Guest Ken LundyElevator Boy David McKimCadet Freddie MercerWilbur Edmund MortimerBall Guest William NewellTicket Agent #2 Buster NicholsCadet Billy O'KellyCadet Emory ParnellConductor #2 Edward Peil Sr.Stationmaster Jim PilcherCadet Billy RayCadet Summerville Shirley Jean RickertCollege Girl William RoyCadet Bert StevensTrain Passenger Archie TwitchellCadet Sergeant Gloria WilliamsBall Guest Don WilmotCadet Will WrightTicket Agent #1 Trailers The Major and the Minor Original Trailer (Billy Wilder, 1942)