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The Major and the Minor

A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major.

Director

Billy Wilder

Year

Genre

comedy, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Paramount Pictures

Awards

3 wins

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Susan Applegate

Major Philip Kirby

Pamela Hill

Albert Osborne

Robert Benchley

Lucy Hill

Colonel Oliver Slater Hill

Edward Fielding

Cadet Osborne

Cadet Anthony Wigton Jr.

Cadet Korner

Cadet Babcock

Cadet Miller

Mrs. Applegate

Reverend Doyle

Major Griscom

Captain Durand

Will Duffy

Mrs. Osborne

Mrs. Shackleford

Train Passenger with Esquire Magazine

George Anderson

Conductor #1

Stanley Andrews

Woman in Train Station

Bertha

Cadet

Cadet

Carl R. Botefuhr

Train Passenger

Cadet

Cadet

Cadet Ball Guest

Officer

Cadet Shumaker

Stanley Desmond

Con Man in Railroad Station

Man Coming Out of Elevator

Girl at Ball

Wilbur & Margie's Mother

Guest at Cadet Ball

Cadet

Cadet

Cadet Ball Guest

Cadet

Cadet Ball Guest

Doorman

Margie

Boy in Dancing Scene

Payne B. Johnson

Nurse

Station Agent

Cadet

Stephen Kirchner

Man in Apartment Hallway

Carl M. Leviness

Cadet

Guest at Cadet Ball

Elevator Boy

Cadet

Wilbur

Cadet Ball Guest

Edmund Mortimer

Ticket Agent #2

Cadet

Cadet

Conductor #2

Stationmaster

Edward Peil Sr.

Girl at Ball

Cadet

Cadet Summerville

College Girl

Shirley Jean Rickert

Cadet

Train Passenger

Cadet Sergeant at Main Gate

Archie Twitchell

Cadet Ball Guest

Gloria Williams

Cadet

Ticket Agent #1

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Conductor #1 Susan Applegate Conductor #2 Cadet Osborne Cadet Miller Mr. Osborne Con Man In Railroad Station Lucy Hill Pamela Hill Cadet Korner Mrs. Applegate

Yes? - The Major and the Minor

- Where to, sister?
- Eleven. - The Major and the Minor

- Where to, sister? - Eleven.

I say why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry Martini - The Major and the Minor

I say why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a...

Know what I told the mayor - The Major and the Minor

Know what I told the mayor

Know what I told the Mayor - The Major and the Minor

Know what I told the Mayor

Really miss applegate you shouldn't be so businesslike - The Major and the Minor

Really miss applegate you shouldn't be so businesslike

I can't help it It's the vibrator Just look honey - The Major and the Minor

I can't help it It's the vibrator Just look honey

I take a two weeks course learn all about hair and the circulation of the blood - The Major and the Minor

I take a two weeks course learn all about hair and the...

After one year and 25 jobs in New York Susan applegate is signing off - The Major and the Minor

After one year and 25 jobs in New York Susan applegate is...

Well, had a nice time, did you? - The Major and the Minor

Well, had a nice time, did you?

Attention, please.
Upstate specials... - The Major and the Minor

Attention, please. Upstate specials...

You'd like one
of those cute animal-cutout books, - The Major and the Minor

You'd like one of those cute animal-cutout books,

You'd like one of those books wouldn't you Margie - The Major and the Minor

You'd like one of those books wouldn't you Margie

Taking candy from a baby huh You big baboon - The Major and the Minor

Taking candy from a baby huh You big baboon

Er 1929 Looks kind of filled out for 12 - The Major and the Minor

Er 1929 Looks kind of filled out for 12

How old did you say that boy was
that had to shave? - The Major and the Minor

How old did you say that boy was that had to shave?

And you're from Swedish stock eh Yes sir - The Major and the Minor

And you're from Swedish stock eh Yes sir

Well, kid, enjoying the scenery? - The Major and the Minor

Well, kid, enjoying the scenery?

Say, kid, when you smoke, do you inhale? - The Major and the Minor

Say, kid, when you smoke, do you inhale?

Call me uncle Philip hmm - The Major and the Minor

Call me uncle Philip hmm

Anything wrong Stomach again - The Major and the Minor

Anything wrong Stomach again

You know su su you're a very peculiar child - The Major and the Minor

You know su su you're a very peculiar child

Conductor, I'm looking for Major Kirby. - The Major and the Minor

Conductor, I'm looking for Major Kirby.

Phillip? - The Major and the Minor

Phillip. - The Major and the Minor

Philip - The Major and the Minor

Anything wrong, Uncle Phillip? - The Major and the Minor

Anything wrong, Uncle Phillip?

Oh Philip you adorable man - The Major and the Minor

Oh Philip you adorable man

Su su this is a treat that doesn't come to one girl in a million - The Major and the Minor

Su su this is a treat that doesn't come to one girl in...

Does it have to come to me Listen su su you like boys don't you - The Major and the Minor

Does it have to come to me Listen su su you like boys...

- Company!
- Platoon! - The Major and the Minor

- Company! - Platoon!

Why don't they send me to Trinidad or the canal zone or Iceland anywhere - The Major and the Minor

Why don't they send me to Trinidad or the canal zone or...

The first wedding presents have arrived - The Major and the Minor

The first wedding presents have arrived

Hello, Lucy. - The Major and the Minor

Oh that's naughty - The Major and the Minor

Oh that's naughty

Is it Maybe you can bluff the grown ups You can't bluff me - The Major and the Minor

Is it Maybe you can bluff the grown ups You can't bluff...

You're lunching at the officers' mess su su - The Major and the Minor

You're lunching at the officers' mess su su

Oh glory - The Major and the Minor

Does this room always have to smell of sulphuric acid - The Major and the Minor

Does this room always have to smell of sulphuric acid

Thanks If you'll excuse me I won'tjoin you - The Major and the Minor

Thanks If you'll excuse me I won'tjoin you

What do you expect me to do Help - The Major and the Minor

What do you expect me to do Help

As I was saying the first lesson to be derived from this present war - The Major and the Minor

As I was saying the first lesson to be derived from this...

If you start moving that German army again I'll yell lieutenant I'll yell - The Major and the Minor

If you start moving that German army again I'll yell...

Well let's not talk about me Let's talk about something else - The Major and the Minor

Well let's not talk about me Let's talk about...

Oh Philip you're too beguiling She's perfectly alright - The Major and the Minor

Oh Philip you're too beguiling She's perfectly...

Well during the first shift I happened to see her and one of the boys - The Major and the Minor

Well during the first shift I happened to see her and one of...

Pamela I think you ought to talk to her - The Major and the Minor

Pamela I think you ought to talk to her

Well when you felt the urge to become an uncle - The Major and the Minor

Well when you felt the urge to become an uncle

Su su Yes lieutenant Miller - The Major and the Minor

Su su Yes lieutenant Miller

And that's why we say a girl like you is attractive - The Major and the Minor

And that's why we say a girl like you is attractive

I'll try and be a well behaved light bulb - The Major and the Minor

I'll try and be a well behaved light bulb

Did they give you that maginot line Huh - The Major and the Minor

Did they give you that maginot line Huh

What's your name Korner - The Major and the Minor

What's your name Korner

Mad on account of what happened at the Cannon - The Major and the Minor

Mad on account of what happened at the Cannon

Give me long distance. - The Major and the Minor

Give me long distance.

Cornelia darling you beguiling creature - The Major and the Minor

Cornelia darling you beguiling creature

I thought I just had a cold.
I must be delirious. - The Major and the Minor

I thought I just had a cold. I must be delirious.

A woman's a two-face... - The Major and the Minor

A woman's a two-face...

Well the bus is here The zombies have arrived - The Major and the Minor

Well the bus is here The zombies have arrived

We may as well warn you there's an epidemic at miss shackleford's school - The Major and the Minor

We may as well warn you there's an epidemic at miss...

As Cadet Adjutant of this school, - The Major and the Minor

As Cadet Adjutant of this school,

Good evening, Uncle Phillip. - The Major and the Minor

Good evening, Uncle Phillip.

- Who's she?
- Miss Shackleford. - The Major and the Minor

- Who's she? - Miss Shackleford.

I tell you, Pop, I've got to have $2. - The Major and the Minor

I tell you, Pop, I've got to have $2.

Oh Good glory Philip - The Major and the Minor

Oh Good glory Philip

But don't you think we should discuss it a little It's rather radical - The Major and the Minor

But don't you think we should discuss it a little...

A war widow with no war in sight No No it's too idiotic Philip - The Major and the Minor

A war widow with no war in sight No No it's too idiotic...

- Cadet Osborne?
- Yes, sir? - The Major and the Minor

- Cadet Osborne? - Yes, sir?

Oh if miss parrott could only see me now - The Major and the Minor

Oh if miss parrott could only see me now

Milk root beer ginger ale Ginger ale - The Major and the Minor

Milk root beer ginger ale Ginger ale

You don't have to have any scruples
about Mildred now, Su-Su. - The Major and the Minor

You don't have to have any scruples about Mildred now, ...

Well... - The Major and the Minor

Pamela? - The Major and the Minor

You ought to be asleep and su su too - The Major and the Minor

You ought to be asleep and su su too

Well, how is that, Madame Curie? - The Major and the Minor

Well, how is that, Madame Curie?

Major Kirby? - The Major and the Minor

I thought it wise to postpone
your appointment with Major Kirby. - The Major and the Minor

I thought it wise to postpone your appointment with Major Ki...

Not bad now that your finger is out of your mouth - The Major and the Minor

Not bad now that your finger is out of your mouth

Let's drop the cat and mouse stuff miss hill I make a very bad mouse - The Major and the Minor

Let's drop the cat and mouse stuff miss hill I make a...

You should be very glad I'm not 12 - The Major and the Minor

You should be very glad I'm not 12

Lucy? Lucy! - The Major and the Minor

You know general Wallace owes me 51 cents - The Major and the Minor

You know general Wallace owes me 51 cents

Why, Will Duffy,
have you taken leave of your senses? - The Major and the Minor

Why, Will Duffy, have you taken leave of your senses?

Just the same what did happen between New York and Stevenson - The Major and the Minor

Just the same what did happen between New York and Stevenson

I think you underestimate us major Kirby - The Major and the Minor

I think you underestimate us major Kirby

Love frog and everything - The Major and the Minor

Love frog and everything

When's that train coming? - The Major and the Minor

When's that train coming?

You know I have my own theory about the fall of France - The Major and the Minor

You know I have my own theory about the fall of France

The Major and the Minor poster

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A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major.

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Director: Billy Wilder

Writer: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Edward Childs Carpenter

Production: Paramount Pictures

Genre: comedy, romance

Year: 1942

MetaScore: 73/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 24 Dec 1942

Awards: 3 wins

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