The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (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 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.
- Released
- 1947-09-01
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Norman Z. McLeod, Ken Englund, Everett Freeman
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 144 votes
Cast
- Danny Kaye as Walter Mitty
- Virginia Mayo as Rosalind van Hoorn
- Boris Karloff as Dr. Hollingshead
- Fay Bainter as Mrs. Mitty
- Ann Rutherford as Gertrude Griswold
- Thurston Hall as Bruce Pierce
- Gordon Jones as Tubby Wadsworth
- Florence Bates as Mrs. Griswold
- Konstantin Shayne as Peter van Hoorn
- Reginald Denny as Colonel
- Henry Corden as Hendrick
- Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Follinsbee