The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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

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.

Cast

Danny Kaye

Walter Mitty

Virginia Mayo

Rosalind van Hoorn

Boris Karloff

Dr Hugo Hollingshead

Fay Bainter

Eunice Mitty

Ann Rutherford

Gertrude Griswold

Thurston Hall

Bruce Pierce

Gordon Jones

Tubby Wadsworth

Florence Bates

Irmagarde Griswold

Konstantin Shayne

Peter van Hoorn

Reginald Denny

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Crew

Norman Z. McLeod

Director

Ken Englund

Screenplay

Everett Freeman

Screenplay

David Raksin

Original Music Composer

Lee Garmes

Director of Photography

Samuel Goldwyn

Producer

James Thurber

Story

Harry Redmond Jr.

Special Effects

Casey Roberts

Set Decoration

Monica Collingwood

Editor

Clips & Videos

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) Trailer