The Major and the Minor
Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-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.
Casts & Crew
Ginger Rogers
Ray Milland
Rita Johnson
Robert Benchley
Diana Lynn
Edward Fielding
Frankie Thomas
Raymond Roe
Charles Smith
Larry Nunn
Billy Dawson
Lela Rogers
Aldrich Bowker
Boyd Irwin
Byron Shores
Richard Fiske
Norma Varden
Gretl Dupont
George Anderson
Stanley Andrews
Vangie Beilby
Marie Blake
John Bogden
Carl R. Botefuhr
Ralph Brooks
Dick Chandlee
Bill Clauson
Ethel Clayton
James Conaty
Stanley Desmond
Tom Dugan
Jay Eaton
Mary Field
Bess Flowers
Ralph Gilliam
Kenneth Grant
Lynda Grey
Bradley Hail
Sam Harris
Dell Henderson
Carlotta Jelm
Payne B. Johnson
Alice Keating
Milton Kibbee
Stephen Kirchner
Carl M. Leviness
Jack Lindquist
Leota Lorraine
Ken Lundy
David McKim
Freddie Mercer
Edmund Mortimer
William Newell
Buster Nichols
Billy O'Kelly
Emory Parnell
Edward Peil Sr.
Jim Pilcher
Billy Ray
Shirley Jean Rickert
William Roy
Bert Stevens
Archie Twitchell
Gloria Williams
Don Wilmot
Will Wright
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