The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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.
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Robert Altman
Norman Z. McLeod
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John Chard
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
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty FAQs
The directors of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty are Robert Altman and Norman Z. McLeod.
The cast of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty includes Karen X. Gaylord as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited), Billy Bletcher as Western Character (uncredited), Charles Cahill Wilson as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited), Rudy Germane as Bar Patron (uncredited), Jack Gargan as Photographer (uncredited), Dona Dax as Stenographer (uncredited), Peter Gowland as R.A.F. Pilot (uncredited), Frank McLure as Director (uncredited), Frank Reicher as Karel Maasdam, Brick Sullivan as Cop (uncredited), Charles Trowbridge as Dr. Renshaw (uncredited), Eddie Acuff as Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited), and more.
The duration of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is 1h 50 mins.
Yes. You can watch the The Secret Life of Walter Mitty trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty was released on 01 Sep 1947.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is listed under Comedy, Fantasy, and Romance on Fanbiz.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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..."
