Fresh
A sparkling and effervescing piece of farce-comedy.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Major and the Minor
Is she a kid - or is she kidding?
1942 · 1h 40m · PASSED
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Billy Wilder
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Billy Wilder Director
- Ginger Rogers as Susan Applegate
- Ray Milland as Major Kirby
- Rita Johnson as Pamela Hill
- Robert Benchley as Mr. Osborne
- Diana Lynn as Lucy Hill
- Frankie Thomas as Cadet Osborne
- Raymond Roe as Cadet Wigton
- Norma Varden as Mrs. Osborne
- Lela Rogers as Mrs. Applegate
- Charles Smith as First cadet manning switchboard
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Pretty irresistible, nevertheless, with Rogers doing a beautiful job of dovetailing sexual provocation and demure innocence.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
Miss Rogers and Mr. Milland have played it with spirit and taste. Never once does either permit the suggestion of a leer to creep in.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
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.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
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