The Major and the Minor

1942

Action / Comedy / Romance

17
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 20 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 8632 8.6K

military officer romantic comedy romcom deception train marriage engagement

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Plot summary

Low on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay half fare home. But little 'Sue Sue' finds herself in a whole heap of grownup trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Philip Kirby.

Director

Billy Wilder Photo
Billy Wilder

Top cast

Diana Lynn Photo
Diana Lynn as Lucy Hill
Shirley Jean Rickert Photo
Shirley Jean Rickert as College Girl
Edward Fielding Photo
Edward Fielding as Colonel Oliver Slater Hill
Richard Fiske Photo
Richard Fiske as Will Duffy
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864.12 MB
988*720
English 2.0
Passed
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 2
1.54 GB
1472*1072
English 2.0
Passed
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 12

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

When she is reduced to giving a lecherous

When she is reduced to giving a lecherous businessman an egg shampoo, "Susan" (Ginger Rogers) decides it is time to abandon the big apple and return to Iowa. Snag is, they've put the bus fares up and she can't afford the $30-odd to get home. Then she hits on an idea. Pretend you are a twelve year old called "Su-Su" and go half price. The conductors on the train weren't born yesterday though, and after some cat and mouse antics she finds herself in the salon of "Maj. Kirby" (Ray Milland). He takes pity on her and offers her some shelter, but when his fiancée "Pamela" (Rita Johnson) unexpectedly enters the cabin and spots this woman, she comes to an hasty conclusion that is only going to cause the major some hassle with her dad, the colonel - his boss (Edward Fielding). He has to explain things, so takes his new foundling to the military academy where he lives and "Su-Su" quickly finds herself the centre of attention for many of the three-hundred hormonal students vying for that first kiss. She is no pushover, and for the next hour or so manages to have some quick-witted fun running the place ragged whilst poor old Milland starts to succumb to her charms. Messrs. Brackett and Wilder have toned down their more screwball instincts for this, and provinding some really quite witty dialogue have managed to allow Rogers to showcase some of her skillful comedy timing whilst Milland acts almost perfectly as her foil. Diana Lynn also chips in well as the disgruntled sister "Lucy" and there an whole slew of impressionable young cadets to showcase the stupidity of the male sex when little better than in heat. This is short, sweet and well worth a look.
Reviewed by Michael Edwards T 8 / 10

Ginger Rogers is better in "The Major and

Ginger Rogers is better in "The Major and the Minor" than her Oscar winning "Kitty Foyle"
Reviewed by John L 9 / 10

So I got out of my wet coat

So I got out of my wet coat.... into a dry martini.... great fun film then and now......Cheers!
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