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01/09/1947 Comedy, Fantasy, Romance 1h 50m
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A dream world of comedy, color and Goldwyn-Girl loveliness!

Overview

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.

  1. Norman Z. McLeod

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Danny Kaye

    Walter Mitty

  2. Virginia Mayo

    Rosalind van Hoorn

  3. Boris Karloff

    Dr. Hollingshead

  4. Fay Bainter

    Mrs. Mitty

  5. Ann Rutherford

    Gertrude Griswold

  6. Thurston Hall

    Bruce Pierce

  7. Gordon Jones

    Tubby Wadsworth

  8. Florence Bates

    Mrs. Griswold

  9. Konstantin Shayne

    Peter van Hoorn

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2020-04-03
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 Fine (songs) and David Raskin (score) and cinematography by Lee Garmes.

Milquetoast Walter Mitty (Kaye) escapes the incessant needling of those around him by dreaming up exciting adventures for himself...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$956,625.00

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