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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    Comedy
    Fantasy
    Romance
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Sep 1, 1947
Rated NR

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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  • Vote Average
    6.8
  • Vote Count
    122
  • Popularity
    13
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    US

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    • Cast

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    Danny Kaye
    Walter Mitty
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    Virginia Mayo
    Rosalind van Hoorn
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    Fay Bainter
    Mrs. Mitty
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    Thurston Hall
    Bruce Pierce
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    Ann Rutherford
    Gertrude Griswold
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    Florence Bates
    Mrs. Griswold
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    Gordon Jones
    Tubby Wadsworth
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    Boris Karloff
    Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
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    Konstantin Shayne
    Peter van Hoorn
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    Henry Corden
    Hendrick
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    Milton Parsons
    Butler
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    Doris Lloyd
    Mrs. Follinsbee
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    Fritz Feld
    Anatole
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    Frank Reicher
    Maasdam
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    Reginald Denny
    Colonel
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    Eddie Acuff
    Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited)
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    Robert Altman
    Man Drinking (uncredited)
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    Billy Bletcher
    Western Character (uncredited)
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    Betty Blythe
    Floor Manager (uncredited)
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    Jack Gargan
    Photographer (uncredited)
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    Karen X. Gaylord
    Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
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    Mary Gleason
    Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
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    Peter Gowland
    R.A.F. Pilot (uncredited)
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    Georgia Lange
    Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
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    Chris-Pin Martin
    Waiter (uncredited)
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    Frank McLure
    Director (uncredited)
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    Frank Meredith
    Cop (uncredited)
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    Martha Montgomery
    Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
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    Brick Sullivan
    Cop (uncredited)
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    Charles Trowbridge
    Dr. Renshaw (uncredited)
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    Irene Vernon
    Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
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    Lynn Walker
    Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
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    Charles C. Wilson
    Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
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    Hank Worden
    Western Character (uncredited)
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    Helen Jerome Eddy
    Lingerie Saleswoman (uncredited)
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    Bess Flowers
    Illustrator (uncredited)
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    Dorothy Granger
    Wrong Mrs. Follinsbee (uncredited)
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    Sue Casey
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    Dona Dax
    Stenographer (uncredited)
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    Dick Earle
    Director (uncredited)
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    Tom Ferrandini
    Train Passenger (uncredited)
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    Raoul Freeman
    Department Head (uncredited)
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    Rudy Germane
    Bar Patron (uncredited)

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    Reviews

    (1)
    John Chard
    70%
    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, Thurston Hall, Ann Rutherford, Konstantin Shayne and Gordon Jones. A Technicoor production with music by Sylvia Fine (songs) and David Raskin (score) and cinematography by Lee Garmes. Milquetoast Walter Mitty (Kaye) escapes the incessant needling of those around him by dreaming up exciting adventures for himself. Upon meeting gorgeous Rosalind van Hoorn (Mayo) he gets thrust into a real adventure involving Dutch treasure, but this is real stuff and his life is under threat! A lovely Danny Kaye vehicle full of neatly constructed comedy, pleasant tunes and Technicolor supreme. It's too long at ten minutes shy of two hours, and non Kaye fans are unlikely to be converted, but for the fans this is a delightful way to spend an afternoon as the spy plot unfolds in a whirl of energised malarkey. Karloff a bonus as well. 7/10