The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
129 reviews
Comedy/Fantasy
1h 50m
1947
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...
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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.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeod
- Release1 September 1947
- Genre
- Duration1h 50m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate129 reviews
- Productions
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Cast

Danny Kaye
Walter Mitty

Virginia Mayo
Rosalind van Hoorn

Fay Bainter
Mrs. Mitty

Thurston Hall
Bruce Pierce

Ann Rutherford
Gertrude Griswold

Florence Bates
Mrs. Griswold

Gordon Jones
Tubby Wadsworth

Boris Karloff
Dr. Hugo Hollingshead

Konstantin Shayne
Peter van Hoorn

Henry Corden
Hendrick

Milton Parsons
Butler

Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Follinsbee

Fritz Feld
Anatole

Frank Reicher
Maasdam

Reginald Denny
Colonel

Eddie Acuff
Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited)

Robert Altman
Man Drinking (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher
Western Character (uncredited)

Betty Blythe
Floor Manager (uncredited)

Chris-Pin Martin
Waiter (uncredited)

Frank McLure
Director (uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge
Dr. Renshaw (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Hank Worden
Western Character (uncredited)

Helen Jerome Eddy
Lingerie Saleswoman (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Illustrator (uncredited)

Dorothy Granger
Wrong Mrs. Follinsbee (uncredited)

Sue Casey

Dona Dax
Stenographer (uncredited)
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