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| 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 Griswold | |
| Thurston Hall | ... | Bruce Pierce | |
| Gordon Jones | ... | Tubby Wadsworth | |
| Florence Bates | ... | Mrs. Irma Griswold | |
| Konstantin Shayne | ... | Peter van Hoorn | |
| Reginald Denny | ... | Colonel | |
| Henry Corden | ... | Hendrick | |
| Doris Lloyd | ... | Mrs. Leticia Follinsbee | |
| Fritz Feld | ... | Anatole | |
| Frank Reicher | ... | Karl Maasdam | |
| Milton Parsons | ... | Butler Tyler | |
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In New York the clumsy Walter Mitty is the publisher of pulp fiction at the Pierce Publishing house owned by Bruce Pierce. He lives with his overbearing mother and neither his fiancée Gertrude Griswold and her mother nor his best friend Tubby Wadsworth respects him. Walter is an escapist and daydreams into a world of fantasy many times along the day. When Walter is commuting, he stumbles in the train with the gorgeous Rosalind van Hoorn who uses Walter to escape from her pursuer. Walter unintentionally gets involved with a dangerous ring of spies that are seeking a black book with notes about a hidden treasure. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Country:
USARelease Date:
1 September 1947 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Das Doppelleben des Herrn Mitty See more »Filming Locations:
Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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(1862) (uncredited)
Music by Stephen Foster
Played often in the score
Played on piano by Virginia Mayo
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Opening credits: The characters, events and firms depicted in this photoplay are entirely fictional. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events or firms is purely coincidental. See more »Goofs
The swastikas shown on the Spitfire are originally shown in reverse. Shortly thereafter they are shown the correct way round. Clearly the studio mocked up one side of a Spitfire and simply reversed the filmed image to 'show' both sides of the plane. See more »Quotes
Walter Mitty: [singing while daydreaming that he's Anatole of Paris] And why do I sew each new chapeau with a style they must look positively grim in?/Strictly between us, entrez-nous, I hate women.[giggles]
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Beautiful Dreamer(1862) (uncredited)
Music by Stephen Foster
Played often in the score
Played on piano by Virginia Mayo
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In New York, the clumsy Walter Mitty (Danny Kaye) is the publisher of pulp fiction at the Pierce Publishing house owned by Bruce Pierce (Thurston Hall). He lives with his overprotective and abusive mother (Fay Bainter) and neither his fiancée Gertrude Griswold (Ann Rutherford) and her mother (Florence Bates) nor his best friend Tubby Wadsworth (Gordon Jones) respects him. Walter is an escapist and daydreams into a world of fantasy many times along the day. When Walter is commuting, he stumbles in the train with the gorgeous Rosalind van Hoorn (Virginia Mayo) that uses Walter to escape from her pursuer. Walter unintentionally gets involved with a dangerous ring of spies that are seeking a black book with notes about a hidden treasure.
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947) is a hilarious comedy about a clumsy daydreamer that gets into a dangerous ring of spies. Last Saturday I watched the annoying "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (2013) with Ben Stiller and I decided to seek the original 1947 movie that is better and better, with many gags. Danny Kaye is very funny performing the clumsy and coward Walter Mitty. Forget the 2013 remake and prefer to see the original 1947 comedy. My vote is seven.
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