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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

A dream world of comedy, color and Goldwyn-Girl loveliness!
Sep 1, 1947 · 1h 50m
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Comedy
Fantasy
Romance

PLOT

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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CAST

Danny Kaye
Walter Mitty
Virginia Mayo
Rosalind van Hoorn
Boris Karloff
Dr. Hollingshead
Fay Bainter
Mrs. Mitty
Ann Rutherford
Gertrude Griswold
Thurston Hall
Bruce Pierce
Gordon Jones
Tubby Wadsworth
Florence Bates
Mrs. Griswold
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
$956,625
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Country
US

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