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The Secret Life of Walter Mit…

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Plot

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.

Cast

Danny Kaye as Walter Mitty
Danny Kaye

as Walter Mitty

Virginia Mayo as Rosalind van Hoorn
Virginia Mayo

as Rosalind van Hoorn

Fay Bainter as Mrs. Mitty
Fay Bainter

as Mrs. Mitty

Thurston Hall as Bruce Pierce
Thurston Hall

as Bruce Pierce

Ann Rutherford as Gertrude Griswold
Ann Rutherford

as Gertrude Griswold

Florence Bates as Mrs. Griswold
Florence Bates

as Mrs. Griswold

Gordon Jones as Tubby Wadsworth
Gordon Jones

as Tubby Wadsworth

Boris Karloff as Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
Boris Karloff

as Dr. Hugo Hollingshead

Konstantin Shayne as Peter van Hoorn
Konstantin Shayne

as Peter van Hoorn

Henry Corden as Hendrick
Henry Corden

as Hendrick

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • September 1, 1947

Production Companies

  • Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

  • Français

  • Deutsch

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.83 hrs

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Reviews

I wake up dreaming. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is directed by Norman Z. McLeod and adapted loosely to screenplay by Ken Englund and Everett Freeman from the short story of the same name written by James Thurber. It stars Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff, Fay Bainter, Thurston Hall, Ann Rutherford, Konstantin Shayne and Gordon Jones. A Technicoor production with music by Sylvia Fin…