Synopsis
Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town in Iowa. 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.
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Cast
- 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
Recommendations
- 100
TV Guide Magazine
The Lolita of the 1940s, and just as sexy. A sparkling farce that marked Wilder's American directorial debut after years of writing witty screenplays for other directors, The Major And The Minor sails along breezily from its very first scenes until its romantic ending. - 88
USA Today
This breezy farce has lost just enough of its luster to seem no longer disproportionately funnier than its oft-televised Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis remake You're Never Too Young. [29 May 1998] - 80
The New York Times
A bountiful comedy-romance. - 80
Time Out
Pretty irresistible, nevertheless, with Rogers doing a beautiful job of dovetailing sexual provocation and demure innocence. - 80
Variety
A sparkling and effervescing piece of farce-comedy. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Tons of fun. [28 May 1998, p.F39] - 70
Chicago Reader
The Wilder ironies and favorite themes—sexual deception, innuendo, the power of words to slice up and serve a character—are all present in abundance. - 58
The Playlist
A lot more minor than major.
