The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947·110'

Norman Z. McLeod

FantasyRomanceComedy

★ 6.8

Letterboxd TMDB #40092

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.

Cast

Danny Kaye Walter Mitty

Virginia Mayo Rosalind van Hoorn

Boris Karloff Dr. Hollingshead

Fay Bainter Mrs. Mitty

Ann Rutherford Gertrude Griswold

Thurston Hall Bruce Pierce

Gordon Jones Tubby Wadsworth

Florence Bates Mrs. Griswold

Konstantin Shayne Peter van Hoorn

Reginald Denny Colonel

Henry Corden Hendrick

Doris Lloyd Mrs. Follinsbee