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.
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Cast
43 people
Danny Kaye
Walter Mitty
Known for
White Christmas
The Court Jester
Virginia Mayo
Rosalind van Hoorn
Known for
White Heat
The Best Years of Our Lives
Boris Karloff
Dr. Hollingshead
Known for
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Bride of Frankenstein
Fay Bainter
Mrs. Mitty
Known for
Make Way for Tomorrow
The Children's Hour
Ann Rutherford
Gertrude Griswold
Known for
Gone with the Wind
Pride and Prejudice
Thurston Hall
Bruce Pierce
Known for
The Black Room
Theodora Goes Wild
Gordon Jones
Tubby Wadsworth
Known for
A Foreign Affair
McLintock!
Florence Bates
Mrs. Griswold
Known for
Rebecca
On the Town
Konstantin Shayne
Peter van Hoorn
Known for
Vertigo
The Stranger
Reginald Denny
Colonel
Known for
Rebecca
Batman
Henry Corden
Hendrick
Known for
The Atom Ant Show
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour
Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Follinsbee
Known for
Alice in Wonderland
The Time Machine
Norman Z. McLeod Director · Everett Freeman Screenplay Ken Englund Screenplay
Worldwide gross $957K · United States release September 1, 1947 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$956,625
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German
Release dates
United States · September 1, 1947
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1948 · Theatrical
Germany
February 15, 1952 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 7, 1948 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 10, 1947 · Theatrical
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