The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

  • NR
  • 09/01/1947 (US)
  • Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
  • 1h 50m

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.

Norman Z. McLeod

Director

Everett Freeman

Screenplay

James Thurber

Story

Ken Englund

Screenplay

Cast

Danny Kaye's headshot

Danny Kaye

Walter Mitty
Virginia Mayo's headshot

Virginia Mayo

Rosalind van Hoorn
Fay Bainter's headshot

Fay Bainter

Mrs. Mitty
Thurston Hall's headshot

Thurston Hall

Bruce Pierce
Ann Rutherford's headshot

Ann Rutherford

Gertrude Griswold
Florence Bates's headshot

Florence Bates

Mrs. Griswold
Gordon Jones's headshot

Gordon Jones

Tubby Wadsworth
Boris Karloff's headshot

Boris Karloff

Dr. Hugo Hollingshead

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