The Major and the Minor (1942)

Directed by

Billy Wilder

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 149 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman pretends to be a young girl to get a cheaper train ticket home. She ends up hiding out at a military academy where a major takes an interest in her.

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What happens

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. The screenplay credited to Wilder and Charles Brackett is "suggested by" the 1923 play Connie Goes Home by Edward Childs Carpenter, based on the 1921 Saturday Evening Post story "Sunny Goes Home" by Fannie Kilbourne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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