The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
A dream world of comedy, color and Goldwyn-Girl loveliness!
1947 | 110m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Norman Z. McLeod |
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| Writer: | Everett Freeman, Ken Englund, James Thurber |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Sep 01, 1947 |
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| Director: | Norman Z. McLeod |
| Writer: | Everett Freeman, Ken Englund, James Thurber |
| Genres: | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance |
| Keywords | daydreaming |
| Production Companies | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Henry Corden | Hendrick |
| Milton Parsons | Butler |
| Doris Lloyd | Mrs. Follinsbee |
| Fritz Feld | Anatole |
| Frank Reicher | Maasdam |
| Reginald Denny | Colonel |
| Eddie Acuff | Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited) |
| Robert Altman | Man Drinking (uncredited) |
| Billy Bletcher | Western Character (uncredited) |
| Betty Blythe | Floor Manager (uncredited) |
| Jack Gargan | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Karen X. Gaylord | Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) |
| Mary Gleason | Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) |
| Peter Gowland | R.A.F. Pilot (uncredited) |
| Georgia Lange | Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) |
| Chris-Pin Martin | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Frank McLure | Director (uncredited) |
| Frank Meredith | Cop (uncredited) |
| Martha Montgomery | Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) |
| Brick Sullivan | Cop (uncredited) |
| Charles Trowbridge | Dr. Renshaw (uncredited) |
| Irene Vernon | Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) |
| Lynn Walker | Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) |
| Charles C. Wilson | Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Hank Worden | Western Character (uncredited) |
| Helen Jerome Eddy | Lingerie Saleswoman (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Illustrator (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Granger | Wrong Mrs. Follinsbee (uncredited) |
| Sue Casey | |
| Dona Dax | Stenographer (uncredited) |
| Dick Earle | Director (uncredited) |
| Tom Ferrandini | Train Passenger (uncredited) |
| Raoul Freeman | Department Head (uncredited) |
| Rudy Germane | Bar Patron (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Irene Sharaff | Costume Design |
| Lee Garmes | Director of Photography |
| Perry Ferguson | Art Direction |
| Marie Clark | Hairstylist |
| Robert Stephanoff | Makeup Artist |
| Monica Collingwood | Editor |
| Everett Freeman | Screenplay |
| David Raksin | Original Music Composer |
| Harry Redmond Jr. | Special Effects |
| John P. Fulton | Special Effects |
| Emil Newman | Music Director |
| Ken Englund | Screenplay |
| George Jenkins | Art Direction |
| Harry Redmond Sr. | Special Effects |
| Casey Roberts | Set Decoration |
| Fred Lau | Sound Recordist |
| Norman Z. McLeod | Director |
| James Thurber | Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Samuel Goldwyn | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Animated Feature | N/A | Won |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 9 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 10 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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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, A ... nn 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