The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

09/01/1947 (US) • 1h 50m

Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

Danny Kaye

Walter Mitty

Virginia Mayo

Rosalind van Hoorn

Fay Bainter

Mrs. Mitty

Thurston Hall

Bruce Pierce

Ann Rutherford

Gertrude Griswold

Florence Bates

Mrs. Griswold

Gordon Jones

Tubby Wadsworth

Boris Karloff

Dr. Hugo Hollingshead

Konstantin Shayne

Peter van Hoorn


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$956,625.00

Keywords

daydreaming

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