The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Name: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Released: 1947-09-01
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff, Fay Bainter, Ann Rutherford

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

Timing: 1:50 (110 min)

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Release date

1947-09-01

Country

United States

Production

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Genre

Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Budget

Box office

$956 625

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Director

Norman Z. McLeod

Actors

Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff, Fay Bainter, Ann Rutherford, Thurston Hall, Gordon Jones, Florence Bates, Konstantin Shayne, Reginald Denny
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Scenario

Producer

Samuel Goldwyn

Camera operator

Lee Garmes

Composer

David Raksin

Artist

Audition

Editing

Monica Collingwood
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

James Thurber (1894-1961), the author of the 1939 story on which this film is based, offered producer Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974) $10,000 for him to abandon the idea of adapting the story for the screen.