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Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder in a promotional photograph for Sunset Boulevard (1950), which he directed.
The Major and the Minor (1942) is a farce directed by Billy Wilder that follows a woman, played by Ginger Rogers, who masquerades as a 12-year-old girl to avoid paying full fare on a train. During her journey, she becomes involved with an army officer, portrayed by Ray Milland, who finds himself confused by his attraction to someone he believes to be a young girl.12