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.Status: | Released (1947-09-01) |
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Screen: | Ken Englund, Everett Freeman, James Thurber |
Productions: | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English, Français, Deutsch |
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- 70668: Danny Kaye - Walter Mitty
- 13579: Virginia Mayo - Rosalind van Hoorn
- 20366: Fay Bainter - Mrs. Mitty
- 34277: Thurston Hall - Bruce Pierce
- 11495: Ann Rutherford - Gertrude Griswold
- 3367: Florence Bates - Mrs. Griswold
- 103672: Gordon Jones - Tubby Wadsworth
Crews
- 82389: Norman Z. McLeod - Director - Directing
- 13570: Samuel Goldwyn - Producer - Production
- 1040314: James Thurber - Story - Writing
- 130001: Ken Englund - Screenplay - Writing
- 101887: Everett Freeman - Screenplay - Writing
- 13338: Lee Garmes - Director of Photography - Camera
- 18593: David Raksin - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
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, ....
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