The Major and the Minor

6/10/2026

When she is reduced to giving a lecherous businessman an egg shampoo, "Susan" (Ginger Rogers) decides it is time to abandon the big apple and return to Iowa. Snag is, they've put the bus fares up and she can't afford the $30-odd to get home. Then she hits on an idea. Pretend you are a twelve year old called "Su-Su" and go half price. The conductors on the train weren't born yesterday though, and after some cat and mouse antics she finds herself in the salon of "Maj. Kirby" (Ray Milland). He takes pity on her and offers her some shelter, but when his fiancée "Pamela" (Rita Johnson) unexpectedly enters the cabin and spots this woman, she comes to an hasty conclusion that is only going to cause the major some hassle with her dad, the colonel - his boss (Edward Fielding). He has to explain thi