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The Major and the Minor is an American comedy romance film first released in 1942,
directed by Billy Wilder.
The film stars Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley and Diana Lynn.
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Credits
- Director: Billy Wilder
- Script: Fanny Kilbourne, Edward Childs Carpenter, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
- Photo: Leo Tover
- Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
- Cast: Ginger Rogers (Susan Kathleen ’Su-Su’ Applegate), Ray Milland (Major Philip Kirby), Rita Johnson (Pamela Hill), Robert Benchley (Albert Osborne), Diana Lynn (Lucy Hill), Edward Fielding (Colonel Oliver Slater Hill), Frankie Thomas (Cadet Clifford Osborne), Raymond Roe (Cadet Lt. Anthony Wigton), Charles Smith (Cadet ’Cozy’ Korner), Larry Nunn (Cadet Adjutant Babcock), Billy Dawson (Cadet Lt. Miller), Lela E. Rogers (Mrs. Applegate), Aldrich Bowker (Reverend Doyle), Boyd Irwin (Major Griscom), Byron Shores (Captain Durand), Richard Fiske (Will Duffy), Norma Varden (Mrs. Osborne), Gretl Dupont (Mrs. Shackleford), Tom McGuire (News vendor (scenes deleted)), Guy Wilkerson (Farmer truck driver (scenes deleted)), George Anderson (Man with Esquire magazine), Stanley Andrews (Conductor #1), Marie Blake (Bertha), John Bogden (Cadet), Carl R. Botefuhr (Bit part), Ralph Brooks (Extra in Train Car), Dick Chandlee (Cadet), Bill Clauson (Cadet), Ethel Clayton (Bit part), James Conaty (Officer), Billy Cook (Cadet), Stanley Desmond (Cadet Shumaker), Tom Dugan (Con Man in Railraod Station), Mary Field (Wilbur Margie’s Mother in Railroad Station), Bess Flowers (Guest at Cadet Ball), Ralph Gilliam (Cadet), Kenneth Grant (Cadet), Lynda Grey (Bit Role), Bradley Hail (Cadet), Sam Harris (Cadet Ball Guest), Dell Henderson (Doorman), Carlotta Jelm (Margie, Little girl in railroad station), Payne B. Johnson (Boy in dancing scene), Dickie Jones (Cadet), Alice Keating (Nurse), Milton Kibbee (Station agent), Stephen Kirchner (Cadet), Jack Lindquist (Cadet), Ken Lundy (Elevator boy), David McKim (Cadet), Freddie Mercer (Wilbur, Little boy in railroad station), Edmund Mortimer (Cadet Ball Guest), William Newell (Ticket agent #2), Buster Nichols (Cadet), Billy O’Kelly (Cadet), Emory Parnell (Conductor #2), Edward Peil Sr. (Stationmaster), Jim Pilcher (Cadet), Billy Ray (Cadet Sommerville), William Roy (Cadet Summerville), Archie Twitchell (Sergeant at Main Gate), Gloria Williams (Bit part), Don Wilmot (Cadet), Will Wright (Ticket agent #1)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 100 min; B&W
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