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- 1947 · Comedy · 1h 48m
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 1947 American Technicolor comedy film, loosely based on the 1939 short story of the same name by James Thurber. The film stars Danny Kaye as a young daydreaming proofreader (later associate editor) for a magazine publishing firm and Virginia Mayo as the girl of his dreams.
1 Video. 58 Photos. Comedy Fantasy Romance. A clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy. Director. Norman Z. McLeod. Writers. Ken Englund. Everett Freeman. James Thurber. Stars. Danny Kaye. Virginia Mayo. Boris Karloff. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. +6. Add to Watchlist. Added by 8.9K users. 75 User reviews.
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- Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Norman Z. McLeod
- 1947-09-01
Watch The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with a subscription on Prime Video. A mild-mannered pushover, Walter Mitty (Danny Kaye) longs to be free of his mundane existence, where has to...
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- Danny Kaye
- Norman Z. Mcleod
- Comedy
Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. An accountant dreams of being a hero but finds it's not so easy in real life. Cast & Crew. Read More. Norman Z. Mcleod. Director. Danny Kaye. Walter Mitty. Virginia Mayo. Rosalind Van Hoorn. Boris Karloff. Dr. [Hugo] Hollingshead. Fay Bainter. Mrs. [Eunice] Mitty.
- Norman Z. Mcleod, Rollie Asher, Joan Hathaway
- Danny Kaye
The story was made into a 1947 film starring Danny Kaye as a young daydreaming editor of pulp magazines. The film was adapted for the screen by Ken Englund, Everett Freeman, and Philip Rapp, and directed by Norman Z. McLeod. It was filmed in Technicolor .
- James Thurber
- 1939
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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.
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.
