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
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 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
- Edward Fielding as Colonel Hill
- Frankie Thomas as Cadet Osborne
- Raymond Roe as Cadet Wigton
- Charles Smith as Cadet Korner
- Larry Nunn Cast
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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