Summary
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.
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
Henry Corden
Hendrick
Milton Parsons
Butler
Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Follinsbee
Fritz Feld
Anatole
Frank Reicher
Maasdam
Reginald Denny
Colonel
Eddie Acuff
Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited)
Robert Altman
Man Drinking (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
Western Character (uncredited)
Betty Blythe
Floor Manager (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Photographer (uncredited)
Karen X. Gaylord
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Mary Gleason
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Peter Gowland
R.A.F. Pilot (uncredited)
Georgia Lange
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin
Waiter (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Director (uncredited)
Frank Meredith
Cop (uncredited)
Martha Montgomery
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Cop (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Dr. Renshaw (uncredited)
Irene Vernon
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Lynn Walker
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Western Character (uncredited)
Helen Jerome Eddy
Lingerie Saleswoman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Illustrator (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
Wrong Mrs. Follinsbee (uncredited)
Sue Casey
Dona Dax
Stenographer (uncredited)
Dick Earle
Director (uncredited)
Tom Ferrandini
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Department Head (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Norman Z. McLeod
Screenplay
Everett Freeman
Screenplay
Ken Englund
Story
James Thurber
Reviews
John Chard
April 3, 2020
7
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. Upon meeting gorgeous Rosalind van Hoorn (Mayo) he gets thrust into a real adventure involving Dutch treasure, but this is real stuff and his life is under threat!
A lovely Danny Kaye vehicle full of neatly constructed comedy, pleasant tunes and Technicolor supreme. It's too long at ten minutes shy of two hours, and non Kaye fans are unlikely to be converted, but for the fans this is a delightful way to spend an afternoon as the spy plot unfolds in a whirl of energised malarkey. Karloff a bonus as well. 7/10
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00
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