The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
A dream world of comedy, color and Goldwyn-Girl loveliness!
6.8(140) 1947-09-01 110 minComedyFantasyRomance
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.
DirectorNorman Z. McLeod
ScreenplayKen Englund
ScreenplayEverett Freeman
Original Music ComposerDavid Raksin
ProducerSamuel Goldwyn
Cast & characters
Danny Kaye
as Walter Mitty
Virginia Mayo
as Rosalind van Hoorn
Boris Karloff
as Dr. Hollingshead
Fay Bainter
as Mrs. Mitty
Ann Rutherford
as Gertrude Griswold
Thurston Hall
as Bruce Pierce
Gordon Jones
as Tubby Wadsworth
Florence Bates
as Mrs. Griswold
Konstantin Shayne
as Peter van Hoorn
Reginald Denny
as Colonel
Henry Corden
as Hendrick
Doris Lloyd
as Mrs. Follinsbee
Fritz Feld
as Anatole
Frank Reicher
as Maasdam
Milton Parsons
as Butler
Eddie Acuff
as Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited)
Robert Altman
as Man Drinking (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
as Western Character (uncredited)
Betty Blythe
as Floor Manager (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
as Photographer (uncredited)
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Karen X. Gaylord
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
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Mary Gleason
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
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Peter Gowland
as RAF Pilot (uncredited)
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Georgia Lange
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
