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A dream world of comedy, color and Goldwyn-Girl loveliness!
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast
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
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...
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Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget-
Revenue $956,625.00