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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

(1947)

September 1, 1947 1h 50m
68%
TMDB Score

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.

Norman Z. McLeod

Director

Top Billed Cast

DK

Danny Kaye

Walter Mitty

VM

Virginia Mayo

Rosalind van Hoorn

BK

Boris Karloff

Dr. Hollingshead

FB

Fay Bainter

Mrs. Mitty

AR

Ann Rutherford

Gertrude Griswold

TH

Thurston Hall

Bruce Pierce

GJ

Gordon Jones

Tubby Wadsworth

FB

Florence Bates

Mrs. Griswold

KS

Konstantin Shayne

Peter van Hoorn

RD

Reginald Denny

Colonel

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