The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
A dream world of comedy, color and Goldwyn-Girl loveliness!
110 min
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.
- Release date
- September 1, 1947
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- David Raksin
- Box office
- $956,625
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Cast
- Danny Kaye as Walter Mitty
- Virginia Mayo as Rosalind van Hoorn
- Boris Karloff as Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
- Fay Bainter as Mrs. Eunice Mitty
- Ann Rutherford as Gertrude Griswold
- Thurston Hall as Bruce Pierce
- Gordon Jones as Tubby Wadsworth
- Florence Bates as Mrs. Irma 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)
- Chris-Pin Martin as Waiter (uncredited)
- Frank McLure as Director (uncredited)
- Frank Meredith as Cop (uncredited)
- Martha Montgomery as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- Charles Trowbridge as Dr. Renshaw (uncredited)
Crew
- Norman Z. McLeod · Director
- Ken Englund · Writer
- Everett Freeman · Writer
- James Thurber · Writer
- Samuel Goldwyn · Producer
- David Raksin · Composer
- Lee Garmes · Cinematographer
- Monica Collingwood · Editor