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Director:
Writers:
James Thurber (story) and
Ken Englund (writer)
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Release Date:
1 September 1947 (USA) more
Plot:
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming pulp-fiction writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures... more | add synopsis
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(3 articles)
NBC Calls 911, Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant Answer
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Actress Virginia Mayo Dies at 84
 (From WENN. 18 January 2005)

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One of greatest actors you should know... more (34 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Danny Kaye ... Walter Mitty

Virginia Mayo ... Rosalind van Hoorn

Boris Karloff ... Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
Fay Bainter ... Mrs. Eunice Mitty
Ann Rutherford ... Gertrude Griswald
Thurston Hall ... Bruce Pierce
Gordon Jones ... Tubby Wadsworth
Florence Bates ... Mrs. Emma Griswald
Konstantin Shayne ... Peter van Hoorn
Reginald Denny ... Colonel
Henry Corden ... Hendrick
Doris Lloyd ... Mrs. Letitia Follinsbee
Fritz Feld ... Anatole of Paris
Frank Reicher ... Maasdam
Milton Parsons ... Butler
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Additional Details

Runtime:
110 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Trivia:
Author James Thurber acknowledged that the character Walter Mitty was based on his friend, writer Robert Benchley. Thurber said that he got the idea for Mitty from the character created by Benchley in a series of shorts that he made for Fox and MGM, respectively, in the 1920s and 1930s. Thurber is also on record as saying that he hated this film and that Danny Kaye's interpretation of Mitty is nothing at all like he intended the character to be. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the scene in the Mitty home's kitchen, after Rosalind van Hoorn has come in the middle of the night during a rain storm to ask for Walter's help, she removes her dress to dry it. As they are talking, Rosalind is shown putting her dress back on and buttoning it all the way to the neck. As the scene shifts and pans back, she is shown once again buttoning the top button of her dress. more
Quotes:
Walter Mitty: Here I am, lard face. more
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Soundtrack:
Symphony For an Unstrung Tongue (The Little Fiddle) more

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One of greatest actors you should know..., 10 October 2005
10/10
Author: jdpowers4 from United States

First I have to admit that Danny Kaye was completely unheard of to me before I saw this movie. During the summer one year, the 'Morning Movie' featured 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.' A wonderful surprise for me was the actor Danny Kaye who I had never heard of before. Instead of another boring movie that I would have to watch because there is nothing else to watch. Danny Kaye became the actor I needed to see more of because I couldn't stop laughing. Unquestionably, this movie is full of characters that complement Danny Kaye, but he is the 'star' that makes this movie shine. The variety of the storyline is well written, but not just any actor could lead this cast. If you are looking to see what a real funny movie should look like, check this one out. The movie is good, but Danny Kaye is what makes it great.

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