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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.

Release Date : 1947-09-01

Language :EnglishFrenchGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Walter Mitty

Original Name : Danny Kaye

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rosalind van Hoorn

Original Name : Virginia Mayo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Mitty

Original Name : Fay Bainter

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bruce Pierce

Original Name : Thurston Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gertrude Griswold

Original Name : Ann Rutherford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Griswold

Original Name : Florence Bates

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tubby Wadsworth

Original Name : Gordon Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Hugo Hollingshead

Original Name : Boris Karloff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peter van Hoorn

Original Name : Konstantin Shayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hendrick

Original Name : Henry Corden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Butler

Original Name : Milton Parsons

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Follinsbee

Original Name : Doris Lloyd

Gender : Female

Character Name : Anatole

Original Name : Fritz Feld

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maasdam

Original Name : Frank Reicher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel

Original Name : Reginald Denny

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited)

Original Name : Eddie Acuff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man Drinking (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Altman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Western Character (uncredited)

Original Name : Billy Bletcher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Floor Manager (uncredited)

Original Name : Betty Blythe

Gender : Female

Character Name : Photographer (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Gargan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Karen X. Gaylord

Gender : Female

Character Name : Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Gleason

Gender : Female

Character Name : R.A.F. Pilot (uncredited)

Original Name : Peter Gowland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Georgia Lange

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter (uncredited)

Original Name : Chris-Pin Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Director (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank McLure

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Meredith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Martha Montgomery

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cop (uncredited)

Original Name : Brick Sullivan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Renshaw (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Trowbridge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Irene Vernon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Lynn Walker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles C. Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Western Character (uncredited)

Original Name : Hank Worden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lingerie Saleswoman (uncredited)

Original Name : Helen Jerome Eddy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Illustrator (uncredited)

Original Name : Bess Flowers

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wrong Mrs. Follinsbee (uncredited)

Original Name : Dorothy Granger

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Sue Casey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Stenographer (uncredited)

Original Name : Dona Dax

Gender : Female

Character Name : Director (uncredited)

Original Name : Dick Earle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Passenger (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Ferrandini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Department Head (uncredited)

Original Name : Raoul Freeman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bar Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Rudy Germane

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

I wake up dreaming. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is directed by Norman Z. McLeod and adapted loosely to screenplay by Ken Englund and Everett Freeman from the short story of the same name written by James Thurber. It stars Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff, Fay Bainter, Thurston Hall, Ann Rutherford, Konstantin Shayne and Gordon Jones. A Technicoor production with music by Sylvia Fine (songs) and David Raskin (score) and cinematography by Lee Garmes. Milquetoast Walter Mitty (Kaye) escapes the incessant needling of those around him by dreaming up exciting adventures for himself. Upon meeting gorgeous Rosalind van Hoorn (Mayo) he gets thrust into a real adventure involving Dutch treasure, but this is real stuff and his life is under threat! A lovely Danny Kaye vehicle full of neatly constructed comedy, pleasant tunes and Technicolor supreme. It's too long at ten minutes shy of two hours, and non Kaye fans are unlikely to be converted, but for the fans this is a delightful way to spend an afternoon as the spy plot unfolds in a whirl of energised malarkey. Karloff a bonus as well. 7/10