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The Major and the Minor is a 1942 American romantic comedy film starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland. It was the first American film directed by Billy Wilder.
Ginger Rogers plays a city girl who poses as a child to get a cheaper train ticket and meets a Major (Ray Milland) on the way. Directed by Billy Wilder, this 1942 film is a classic screwball comedy with witty dialogue and slapstick humor.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Billy Wilder
- 1942-12-24
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Overview. 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.
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- Ginger Rogers
- Billy Wilder
- Paramount Pictures
Susan Applegate (Ginger Rogers) decides to leave New York City and take a train back to Iowa, but she has only enough money for a child's ticket. She disguises herself as a young girl and, after ...
- (19)
- Comedy
When suspicious conductors catch her smoking a cigarette, Susan hides in the sleeper cabin occupied by Major Philip Kirby, a military boys' school instructor who is returning from Washington, D.C. after trying to get his military status reactivated.
