The Major and the Minor

Name: The Major and the Minor
Director: Billy Wilder
Released: 1942
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley, Diana Lynn

1942 · 100 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 8,007 VOTES · DIR. Billy Wilder

Overview

Returning to her hometown from New York, Susan Applegate learns that she hasn't enough for the train fare and disguises herself as a twelve-year-old to travel for half the price. She hides from the conductors in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor, who takes the "child" under his wing.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,670 lines

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00:01:59 Yes?

00:05:18 But after this is over, we will have a little fun, won't we? Just a little?

00:08:45 About to Cedar Rapids.

00:13:42 # I wrote

00:18:42 But I don't need him. I know where I belong.

00:21:24 Do you really think so?

00:25:01 Confounded inefficient communication system! What is it now?

00:28:57 And on your way back to see your fiancée!

00:32:24 May I? The first batch of wedding invitations.

00:35:20 - Can you dance? - A little.

00:38:55 Oh, what a lovely room!

00:42:27 Phillip Kirby.

00:45:27 Heck! She kept spelling "adore" with two d's.

00:49:26 All I know is the canoe started to wobble.

00:53:24 - It's never been a particular ambition of mine. - No.

00:57:24 I always knew you'd help.

01:00:50 Hello? Chem lab?

01:05:09 - Where are you going? - To the guardhouse, sir.

01:09:25 is by buying one from McDougal, and he wants $2.

01:13:22 We could even have a couple days honeymoon in Hot Springs.

01:18:18 Oh, no, thanks, really. It's late, and I'm on the wagon.

01:23:55 I saw your light go on. She isn't worse?

01:28:36 I couldn't understand a word you were saying.

01:32:17 - And Mrs Kirby? - Mrs who?

Cast & Characters

Ginger Rogers Susan 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 Osborne Raymond Roe Cadet Anthony Wigton Jr. Charles Smith Cadet Korner Larry Nunn Cadet Babcock

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,670

Dialogue density16.7 lines / min

First line00:01:59

Final line01:32:17

Production Record

DirectorBilly Wilder

LanguageEnglish

Revenue$2,500,000

IMDb votes8,007