The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

A dream world of comedy, color and Goldwyn-Girl loveliness!

1947•1h 50m•6.8/10

ComedyFantasyRomance

Ratings

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6.8/10(137)

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.

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Production

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye

Walter Mitty

Virginia Mayo

Virginia Mayo

Rosalind van Hoorn

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Dr Hugo Hollingshead

Fay Bainter

Fay Bainter

Eunice Mitty

Ann Rutherford

Ann Rutherford

Gertrude Griswold

Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall

Bruce Pierce

Gordon Jones

Gordon Jones

Tubby Wadsworth

Florence Bates

Florence Bates

Irmagarde Griswold

Konstantin Shayne

Konstantin Shayne

Peter van Hoorn

Reginald Denny

Reginald Denny

Air Commodore

Henry Corden

Henry Corden

Hendrick

Doris Lloyd

Doris Lloyd

Letitia Follinsbee

Fritz Feld

Fritz Feld

Anatole

Frank Reicher

Frank Reicher

Karel Maasdam

Milton Parsons

Milton Parsons

Tyler

Eddie Acuff

Eddie Acuff

Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited)

Robert Altman

Robert Altman

Man Drinking (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

Billy Bletcher

Western Character (uncredited)

Betty Blythe

Betty Blythe

Floor Manager (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Photographer (uncredited)

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