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    Shirley Jean Rickert

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    College Girl

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    The Major and the Minor 1942 POSTER

    The Major and the Minor

    1942

    English

    7.3

    16

    100%

    83%

    Action

    Comedy

    deception

    marriage engagement

    military officer

    Romance

    romantic comedy

    romcom

    train

    Billy Wilder Billy Wilder Director Shirley Jean Rickert Shirley Jean Rickert as College Girl Diana Lynn Diana Lynn as Lucy Hill Norma Varden Norma Varden as Mrs. Osborne Mary Field Mary Field as Wilbur & Margie's Mother in Railroad Station
    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.
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