The Major and the Minor

Is she a kid - or is she kidding?

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.

Ginger Rogers

(Susan Applegate)

Ray Milland

Rita Johnson

Robert Benchley

(Albert Osborne)

Diana Lynn

Edward Fielding

(Oliver Slater Hill)

Frankie Thomas

(Cadet Osborne)

Raymond Roe

(Anthony Wigton Jr.)

Charles Smith

Larry Nunn

(Cadet Babcock)

Billy Dawson

Lela Rogers

(Mrs. Applegate)

Aldrich Bowker

(Reverend Doyle)

Boyd Irwin

(Major Griscom)

Byron Shores

(Captain Durand)

Richard Fiske

Norma Varden

Gretl Dupont

(Mrs. Shackleford)

George Anderson

(Train Passenger (uncredited))

Stanley Andrews

(Conductor #1 (uncredited))

Vangie Beilby

(Woman in Train Station (uncredited))

Marie Blake

(Bertha (uncredited))

John Bogden

(Cadet (uncredited))

Carl R. Botefuhr

(Cadet (uncredited))

Ralph Brooks

(Train Passenger (uncredited))

Dick Chandlee

(Cadet (uncredited))

Bill Clauson

(Cadet (uncredited))

Ethel Clayton

(Ball Guest (uncredited))

James Conaty

(Officer (uncredited))

Stanley Desmond

(Cadet Shumaker (uncredited))

Tom Dugan

(Con Man (uncredited))

Jay Eaton

(Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited))

Mary Field

(Mother at Station (uncredited))

Bess Flowers

(Ball Guest (uncredited))

Ralph Gilliam

(Cadet (uncredited))

Kenneth Grant

(Cadet (uncredited))

Lynda Grey

(Ball Guest (uncredited))

Bradley Hail

(Cadet (uncredited))

Sam Harris

(Ball Guest (uncredited))

Dell Henderson

(Doorman (uncredited))

Carlotta Jelm

(Margie (uncredited))

Payne B. Johnson

(Boy in Dancing Scene (uncredited))

Alice Keating

(Nurse (uncredited))

Milton Kibbee

(Station Agent (uncredited))

Stephen Kirchner

(Cadet (uncredited))

Carl M. Leviness

(Man in Hallway (uncredited))

Jack Lindquist

(Cadet (uncredited))

Leota Lorraine

(Ball Guest (uncredited))

Ken Lundy

(Elevator Boy (uncredited))

David McKim

(Cadet (uncredited))

Freddie Mercer

(Wilbur (uncredited))

Edmund Mortimer

(Ball Guest (uncredited))

William Newell

(Ticket Agent #2 (uncredited))

Buster Nichols

(Cadet (uncredited))

Billy O'Kelly

(Cadet (uncredited))

Emory Parnell

(Conductor #2 (uncredited))

Edward Peil Sr.

(Stationmaster (uncredited))

Jim Pilcher

(Cadet (uncredited))

Billy Ray

(Cadet Summerville (uncredited))

Shirley Jean Rickert

(College Girl (uncredited))

William Roy

(Cadet (uncredited))

Bert Stevens

(Train Passenger (uncredited))

Archie Twitchell

(Cadet Sergeant (uncredited))

Gloria Williams

(Ball Guest (uncredited))

Don Wilmot

(Cadet (uncredited))

Will Wright

(Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited))