The Major and the Minor

Wilder does screwball. A woman pretends to be a child to save money on a train ticket, then finds herself befriended by a U.S. Army major. It's all relatively harmless until the movie remembers it has to be a romance.

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Billy Wilder directed The Major and the Minor in 1942. See Billy Wilder's full filmography, where to start with Billy Wilder, or where to go after you've seen everything by Billy Wilder.

The Major and the Minor was released in 1942 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 100 minutes.