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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947 • 1h50m Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Rating

6.8/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Norman Z. McLeod

Screenplay

Everett Freeman

Ken Englund

Cast

Danny Kaye

Virginia Mayo

Boris Karloff

Release date

9/1/1947

Status

Released

Revenue

$956,625

Origin country

US

Vote count

137